Tutti Per L'Arte

Bruno Gomes Sousa was born on the 26TH of May 1989 in
Bellinzona - Ticino (Switzerland). At nine years old he started studying
piano under the guidance of Anna Galassetti.
He came to Portugal when he was 11 year’s old, time in which he joined
Braga’s Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory of Music in viola d’ Arc with
teacher Luís Norberto, with whom he has studied for six years. In the
eighth grade of viola d’ Arc, he integrated the Class of the teacher Dírio
Alves.
In 2010 he concluded his graduation at the College of Music and
Performing Arts, under the guidance of the professor Ryszard Wóycicki.
Now, he is in the 2º year of his Master in Music Teaching in the
University of Aveiro.
During his musical career, he attended several courses and Master classes
to improve his skills with renowned violinists such as: Wilfried Strehle,
Ryszard Wóycicki, Barbara Friedhoff, Anabela Chaves, Jorge Alves, Avri
Levitan, Diemut Poppen, Tatyana Masurenko, Gérard Caussé, Toby
Hofmann, Rainer Moog and David Win Lloyd.
In 2010, he attended the training: “Uníssono” – I - runs on the Pedagogy
at V. N. Famalicão, under the guidance of Jenny Spanoghe.
In 2005 and 2006 he took part in the I Traineeship of Orchestra under
the guidance of Florin Totan and V Traineeships from the Official Music
Conservatories (where he served as Chief Suit), under the guidance of
the conductor Martin André, and performed under the baton of other
conductors like António Baptista, Pio Salotto, Pedro Neves, Cesário
Costa, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, António Saiote, Christhopher Bochmann,
German Cárceres, Jorge Salgueiro, Harry Lith, Yury Nashuhkin, Ernest
Schelle, Jean- Sebástien Béreu, Rui Massena, Gyudi Sándor, among
others.
Sporadically, he works with Braga’s Chamber Orchestra, Espinho’s
Classical Orchestra, Madeira’s Classical Orchestra, Minho’s University
Orchestra, Gaia’s Philharmonic Orchestra and “Tutti Per L’Arte”
Orquestra. In Viana do Castelo´s Competition of Stringed Instruments
(2008), he won the third prize ex aequo, in the variant of viola d`Arc in
grade E.
As a professor of Chamber Music he had the opportunity to work with
Basílio Silva, Jaime Mota, Ryszard Wóycicki, Marta Eufrázio e Florian
Petzborn.
Between 2006 and 2010, he was a member of Momentum Perpetuum
Youth Orchestra of Portugal, with which he travelled to Italy,
representing Portugal in the International Festival of Youth Orchestras,
in 2009 (Florença, Montecatini, Perugia and Ischia Island) under the
direction of the conductor Martin André.
In July of 2009, he collaborated with the Braga’s Chamber Orquestra in
a voyage to Venezuela scheduled by the Portuguese Embassy in the
country.
In April of 2011, he was invited to play in a musical theater organized by
the company “O Bando”, called “The Death of the Clown”.
Since August 2011 he’s a member of Lusitanae Ensemble, performing
several concerts solo with the Ensemble.
In July 2013, he took part in the “Festival Sinfoniche Giovanili in
Fondazione William Walton e la Mortella” with Camerata con Brio,
under the direction of the conductor Martin André.
He is a professor in the Consevatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkian in
Braga and “Companhia da Música” (Braga), where he teaches viola d’
Arc and chamber music.
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