Rui Silva

RUI SILVA, Coimbra, 1984. Estudou na ESMAE com Miquel Bernat e Manuel Campos, terminando o Curso em 2009, com a classificação de 19 valores. Frequentou seminários na Europa com Robert Van Sice, Jean Geoffroy, Sisco Aparici, Jeffery Davis, Steven Schick, Nick Woud, Eric Sammut, Markus Leoson, Emmanuel Sejourné, Rainer Seegers, Glen Velez, entre outros. É convidado regular da Orquestra Nacional do Porto e da Orquestra da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. É, ainda, músico do Drumming – GP, Ensemble Sete Lágrimas, Toques do Caramulo, Tocar o Chão, Godbless e Descalças Cooperativa Cultural (Açores). Paralelamente, colabora com a Missom na construção de protótipos de baquetas de marimba..................................................... ............................................................ ................... Rui Silva, 1984, Coimbra. In 2009 he finished his BA in Percussion at ESMAE, Oporto. Amongst his tutors were Miquel Bernat and Manuel Campos. He has frequented masterclasses with Robert Van Sice, Jean Geoffroy, Sisco Aparici, Jeffery Davis, Steven Schick, Nick Woud (Concertgebouw), Eric Sammut, Markus Leoson, Emmanuel Sejourné, Rainer Seegers (Berliner Philharmoniker) and others. He performs regularly with the Oporto National Orchestra as well as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra in Lisbon. He is a performing member of Drumming - GP project, Ensemble Sete Lágrimas, (Early Music), Toques do Caramulo,Tocar o Chão (Folk Music) and Descalças Cooperativa Cultural - Azores (World Music). Since 2005 he is working alongside Misson (musical instruments development company) developing prototype marimba mallets and other wooden instruments. Currently he teaches percussion at a private music academy for young children in Oporto. He also practices Aikido.