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    João Casimiro Almeida is a Portuguese pianist who began studying music at age 11 and has since achieved great success. He has performed widely both nationally and internationally, winning over a dozen awards. Almeida studies a broad repertoire from Bach to contemporary composers, and seeks to premiere new works. He continues to refine his skills by collaborating with other musicians.

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    João Casimiro Almeida is a Portuguese pianist who began studying music at age 11 and has since achieved great success. He has performed widely both nationally and internationally, winning over a dozen awards. Almeida studies a broad repertoire from Bach to contemporary composers, and seeks to premiere new works. He continues to refine his skills by collaborating with other musicians.

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    “João Casimiro Almeida reveals great sensitivity and prowess in the musical

    conception”
    Público

    João Casimiro Almeida (Cabeceiras de Basto, 1994), began his musical studies at
    the age of 11 with Miguel Campinho and Ermelinda Martins, and quickly showed
    sensitivity and taste for the piano and music. He completed his Bachelor’s degree at
    ESMAE, in Porto, in the class of Madalena Soveral, and his Master’s Degree in Piano
    Performance at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, in
    the class of Michel Dalberto and Claire-Marie Le Guay.

    João already has a vast musical experience, performing regularly as a soloist, in


    the most important national venues such as Casa da Música, Teatro Rivoli in Porto,
    Centro Cultural de Belém and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Palácio da Pena
    in Sintra or the Teatro Aveirense, in Aveiro. He also performs regularly abroad, in venues
    just as the Martin Codax Auditorium in Vigo (Spain), the Ehrbar Saal in Vienna (Austria)
    and the Sala Lustrzana in Tarnów (Poland), among other countries. In the 2019/2020
    season, he played with the Orquestra Classíca de Espinho, the Tarnów Chamber
    Orchestra and the Remix Ensemble of the Casa da Música, in Porto, as well as in several
    solo recitals and chamber music concerts in venues as the Teatro da Vista Alegre in
    Ílhavo, Teatro Cinema in Fafe, Convento de São Francisco in Coimbra and Cine-Teatro
    Avenida in Castelo Branco.
    He has been awarded more than a dozen national and international awards,
    including a 1st Prize in the Cidade do Fundão International Competition, the David Russell
    International Competition in Vigo, and also the 1st Prize in the International Competition
    Paços Premium. He was also semifinalist of the 8th Rosario Marciano Competition in
    Vienna. He also participated in television programs such as "A Grande Valsa” (RTP) and
    "Nota Alta" (Porto Canal) and gave interviews to radios such as TSF and Antena 2.
    During his career he had the opportunity to work with several musicians who
    contributed to his pianistic and musical enrichment, among them the pianists Guigla
    Katsarava, Maria Belooussova, Masahi Katayama, Prisca Benoit, Pedro Burmester and
    Vincent Larderet, William Fong, the conductors Antonio Saiote, Pedro Neves and Peter
    Rundel, as well as the violist Ryszard Woycicki and the composer Claude Abromont.

    João Casimiro Almeida works on all kinds of repertoire, from Bach to Boulez, and
    is interested in the new creations and debuting several contemporary works nationally.
    He is the pianist of Ars Ad Hoc, an Art in Time project related to chamber music and
    contemporary music, which in the 2019/2020 season focused on the music of Ludwig van
    Beethoven and Luís Antunes Pena.

    During his studies, he was a fellow of the Fondation Meyer, of the Fondation Les
    Amis d'Alain Marinaro and also a Merit Fellow of the IPP – Instituto Politécnico do Porto.

    May 2019

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