Biography Ricardo Matosinhos was born in 1982. Studied horn at the Professional School of Music (Esproarte), Mirandela, Portugal with professor Ivan Kučera and at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts in Oporto, Portugal with Professor Bohdan Šebestik. He graduated with two prizes prize for the best ESMAE student of the year 2003/2004. Continuing his music etudes and exploring the possibilities of French horn in jazz he had lessons with saxophonist Mário Santos. He had a scholarship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation from 1998 to 2004. In 2007 won the 2nd prize on French Horn, superior level of the of the "Prémio Jovens Músicos" competition in Portugal. He has participated in various Masterclasses and Workshops with the hornplayers: Ab Koster, Arkady Shilkloper, Barry Tuckwell, Bedrich Tylšar, Bruno Schneider, David Jonson, Francis Orval, Frøydis Ree Wekre, Hermann Baumann, Ivan Kučera, Jan Schroeder, Javier Bonet, Jindřich Petráš, Jiří Havlík, Laurent Rossi, Michael Höltzel, Michele Stebelton, Paulo Guerreiro, Pip Eastop, Stefan Dohr, Thomas Müller, Vladimíra Klánská, Zdeněk Divoký among others. Professionally, he has already played with orchestras such as: Filarmonia das Beiras Orchestra, Musicare Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra do Norte, Remix Orchestra, Remix Ensemble and Orquestra Nacional do Porto. Ricardo is currently teaching at ARTAVE/CCM and at Academia de Música de Costa Cabral in Portugal. He wrote several teaching materials for horn, published by AvA Musical Editions and Phoenix Music Publications. In 2004 created the www.trompista.com, a portuguese horn related website. He is a member of the International Horn Society.

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