Masterclass Erasmus di percussioni con il M° Manuel Campos, dal ESMAE di Porto

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Manuel Campos (1971) has been one of the leading performers on the contemporary Portuguese percussion scene for many years, and since 1994 has been Professor and coordinator of the Percussion Department at the Porto School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE).

Manuel began his musical education at the age of 11 at the Music School of the “Sociedade Filarmónica Vestiariense Monsenhor José Cacella” and the Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho. For his outstanding artistic and academic achievements, Manuel was awarded a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to study at the Würzburg School of Music (Höchschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany), under the guidance of professors Siegfried Fink and Mark Lutz. His went on to complete his studies at CODARTS (Conservatorium Rotterdam, Netherlands), under the direction of Robert van Sice and Miguel Bernat.

Manuel currently divides his time between teaching and a busy career as an in demand performer. Co-founder of the internationally recognized percussion group ‘Drumming – Grupo de Percussão”, Manuel is also a solo percussionist of the Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, which he has been a member of since its creation in 2000 as part of Porto 2001 – European Capital of Culture. The Remix Ensemble has grown into one of the great European and world reference groups in contemporary music, performing regularly on the biggest concert halls in Portugal and abroad, and working with many todays important musical figures.
Internationally, as part of the Remix Ensemble, Manuel has performed in Valencia, Rotterdam, Huddersfield, Barcelona, Strasbourg, Paris, Orléans, Bourges, Reims, Antwerp, Madrid, Budapest, Norrköping, Berlin, Milan, Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and Vienna.

As a freelance percussionist Manuel has worked on many solo, orchestral and chamber projects, and has been engaged regularly as artistic director of numerous projects linked to musical interpretation. He has collaborated with many of Portugal´s most prestigious musical instituions including the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Oporto National Orchestra, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestras and in Spain with JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra).

He has conducted and directed masterclasses and advanced courses for percussionists and served on juries for music competitions such as, in 2009, the 1st International Chamber Music Competition in the city of Alcobaça, in 2010, the jury for the National Prize for Young Musicians and, in 2023, the Young Musicians Prize (Portuguese Musical Youth) for Chamber Music.