Born in Lisbon in 1981 .
Began his musical studies at age 14. Studied at the Seixal Jazz School and Jazz school Luís Villas -Boas/Hot Club de Portugal, where he finished the course in drums. Graduated in Environmental Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon in 2004. Later entered the Lisbon Superior School of Music, completing the course in Jazz, variant drums.
Participated in several national and international workshops where he had the opportunity to study with some of the best musicians in the world jazz scene : Jazz Workshop of Tavira, with Rez Abassi, Russ Lossing, Tony Moreno, among others ; Siena Jazz International Summer Workshop with Ambrose Akinmusire, Jeff Ballard, Avishai Cohen, Ben Street, among others .
During his study period began to actively participate in the Portuguese jazz scene, playing in different contexts and with different formations throughout the country .
In addition to this activity as ” sideman ” in different musical projects also participated in multi disciplinary projects , notably the composition and performance of a soundtrack for the animated film ” Diary of an inspector ‘s record book ” and conducting ” in situ ” of soundtracks for silent films .
Collaborated with the band O’questrada and with several rock bands / pop (Lemur , The Essay Collective and Loja das Conveniências )
Currently is working with the trio of pianist Daniel Hewson , “The Mingus Project “, led by bassist Nelson Cascais , the international collective “What about Sam” which has a scheduled edition for October by JACC Records , and JC Project, quintet led by saxophonist João Capinha , wich will edit their first album in mid-May .
Also collaborates regularly with musicians like Victor Zamora, Jorge Reis, Ricardo Toscano, Roberto Negro, Luís Vicente, Federico Pascucci, André Santos , among others .
Is part of the resident trio in the jam sessions at the Cultural Collective “Bacalhoeiro”.
Since October 2013 is drum teacher at the School of Arts of the Alentejo Litoral.
drawing music by hand 