About Rui
RUI PINHEIRO conductor
Rui Pinheiro was a focused and sensitive conductor...his authority in front of an orchestra with an excellent performance.
Manuel Pedro Ferreira, PUBLICO
Pinheiro with Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa at
Dias da Música Festival, Lisbon
Pinheiro's immaculate orchestral balancing delighted our ears, with finely gauged attention to the music's character.
Under the direction of Rui Pinheiro it was clear that the Pavilion soundstage had been transformed.
With Rui Pinheiro on the podium we were assured well-focused reading.
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Rui Pinheiro was Principal Conductor of Orquestra Clássica do Sul, Portugal from 2015 - 2022 and between 2010 and 2012, Pinheiro was Associate Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (UK) during which he conducted the BSO in more than twenty important concerts including their Hall of Fame
and Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
celebrations. In Lisbon, he conducted the Orquestra do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa (2005-2008) and in London, Rui was Musical Director of the baroque opera company Ensemble Serse (performing on epoch instruments); and founded the Ensemble Disquiet, dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Portuguese music (2008-2010).
In Portugal, Rui Pinheiro has conducted all the leading orchestras. Recent highlights include several performances with Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, most notably the closing concert of the Dias da Música
Festival, Lisbon; OSP’s twentieth anniversary celebration concerts; a Verdi and Wagner gala performance at Festival ao Largo
alongside the full chorus and soloists of Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos; and Rachmaninoff and Brahms concerts with Artur Pizarro which were broadcast live on Portuguese national radio, Antenna 2. With the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Rui has conducted performances of Holst's The Planets, Victor Gama's VELA 6911, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (at Festival de Música, Leiria); the concerts of the Prémio Jovens Músicos, Portugal's Young Musician of the Year
(2013) which were broadcast live on Portuguese national television, RTP2 (including Freitas Branco’s 1st Symphony); Stravinsky’s The Firebird
(2014); Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
with guitarist, Miloš Karadaglić; Souvenance
with the Anouar Brahem Quartet, Adriana Partimpim and Adriana Calcanhoto (2015); and Retiro
with Rodrigo Leão at the Porto and Lisbon Coliseums (2015). Rui conducted symphonies by Beethoven and Mendelssohn with Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa at Festival ao Largo
(2013); and he led Orquestra Clássica da Madeira’s Christmas and New Year celebrations as well as OCM’s 50th Anniversary
Gala Concert which was broadcast on RTP2 (2013-2014). He also conducted Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras at Festival de Musica em Leiria
in 2014, as well as concerts with Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música in 2015.
Following his operatic debut in 2014 with Donizetti’s La fille du Régiment
at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon, Rui directed the Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela’s production of Los Diamantes de la Corona
by Barbieri in 2015, also at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
Rui Pinheiro’s most outstanding projects with Orquestra Clássica do Sul include the direction of the complete Piano Concertos by Beethoven, Mahler’s 4th Symphony in partnership with Universidade de Évora, concerts with Vitorino, Janita Salomé and the Cantadores do Redondo group; Carlos Guilherme and Kátia Guerreiro; and several performances of Rita
by Donizetti with the All’Opera Company and Matrioska with the Companhia de Dança do Algarve.
Highlights of Rui’s performances in the United Kingdom include concerts with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera at the 2012 Fishguard International Festival; at the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Vienna: City of Dreams
Festival (at London’s South Bank Centre) and presentations in BBC Proms Plus, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 (2009-2010).
A staunch champion of contemporary music, Rui Pinheiro has worked closely with composers such as Kenneth Hesketh, Alison Kay, Augusta Read Thomas, Stephen MacNeff, Luís Soldado, Bruno Gil Soeiro, Luís Tinoco, Nuno Côrte-Real, Isabel Soveral and Clotidlde Rosa, having conducted their works in several world premieres. Currently, he also conducts regularly the GMCL - Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa (Contemporary Music Group of Lisbon).
In 2016 Rui Pinheiro conducted several concerts with Orquestra Clássica do Sul; with Orquestra Gulbenkian, the world premiere of Victor Gama’s opera, 3milRIOS
at the Grande Auditorio Lisbon; with Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, the premiere of Te Deum
by Marcos Portugal; Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony with the Oltenia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Craiova (Romania); and with Ensemble KNM Berlin, Victor Gama's VELA 6911.
After completing his musical studies in Portugal (graduation in piano at ESMAE and Master of Musical Arts at Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and in Hungary (post-graduation in piano and chamber music at Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest), Rui Pinheiro completed a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied under Peter Stark and Robin O’Neill. He also worked with Jorma Panula and Colin Metters. As an assistant conductor, Rui has worked with Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Jurowski and John Wilson.
Portuguese Biography
Rui Pinheiro é Maestro Titular da Orquestra Clássica do Sul desde Janeiro de 2015. Entre 2010 e 2012 foi Maestro Associado da Orquestra Sinfónica de Bournemouth (Reino Unido) onde dirigiu mais de uma vintena de programas, destacando os Hall of Fame
e as celebrações do Jubileu da Rainha Elisabeth II. Foi Maestro da Orquestra do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa (2005 – 2008) e em Londres foi Director Musical do Ensemble Serse, companhia de ópera barroca em instrumentos de época, e fundou o Ensemble Disquiet, dedicado à divulgação da música contemporânea portuguesa (2008 – 2010).
Em Portugal dirigiu as principais orquestras. Destacam-se recentes concertos com: Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa – ‘Dias da Música’ (2013 e 2014), comemorações dos 20 anos da OSP, programa de Verdi / Wagner no ‘Festival ao Largo’ com o Coro do Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos, concertos de Rachmaninoff e Brahms com Artur Pizarro em directo para a Antena 2; Orquestra Gulbenkian – Os Planetas
de Holst, Vela 6911
de Victor Gama, 5ª Sinfonia de Beethoven no Festival de Leiria, Prémio Jovens Músicos
(2013), incluindo a 1ª Sinfonia de Freitas Branco, transmitidos em directo para a RTP 2, Pássaro de Fogo
de Stravinsky (2014), Concierto de Aranjuez
com Miloš Karadagli?, Souvenance
com Anouar Brahem Quartet, Adriana Partimpim com Adriana Calcanhoto (2015) e Retiro
com Rodrigo Leão nos Coliseus de Porto e Lisboa e gravado para a Deutsche Gramaphone (2015) e com Carlos do Carmo e Ivan Lins (2016); Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa – concerto no ‘Festival ao Largo’ com sinfonias de Beethoven e Mendelssohn (2013); Orquestra Clássica da Madeira – gala de ópera com Elisabete Matos (2016), concertos de Natal e Ano Novo e concerto de Aniversário dos 50 anos da OCM, gravados para a RTP 2 (2013-2014); Filarmonia das Beiras – concerto no Festival de Leiria
(2014).
Após a sua estreia operática no Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, com A Filha do Regimento
de Donizetti (2014), dirigiu em 2015 Los Diamantes de la Corona
de Barbieri, produção do Teatro de Zarzuela de Madrid.
Com a Orquestra Clássica do Sul destacam-se projectos como: a integral dos Concertos para Piano de Beethoven, a 4ª Sinfonia de Mahler em parceria com a Universidade de Évora, concertos com Vitorino, Janita Salomé e os Cantadores do Redondo, Carlos Guilherme, Kátia Guerreiro, e produções de Rita
de Donizetti com a companhia All’Ópera e Matrioska com a Companhia de Dança do Algarve.
No Reino Unido destacam-se concertos com a Orquestra da Ópera Nacional de Gales (com Julian Lloyd-Weber) no Festival Internacional de Fishguard (2012), concertos nos festivais Vienna - City of Dreams
da Orquestra Philharmonia e nos BBC Proms-Plus em directo para a BBC – Radio 3 (2009-2010).
Entusiasta de música contemporânea trabalhou com compositores como Kenneth Hesketh, Alison Kay, Augusta Read Thomas, Stephen MacNeff, Pedro Faria Gomes, Luís Soldado, Bruno Gil Soeiro, Luís Tinoco, Nuno Côrte-Real, Isabel Soveral, Clotilde Rosa entre outros, de quem dirigiu diversas estreias mundiais. Dirige regularmente o GMCL – Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa.
Em 2016 destacam-se diversos concertos com: Orquestra Clássica do Sul; Orquestra Gulbenkian – estreia da ópera 3milRIOS
de Victor Gama; Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa - estreia moderna do ‘Te Deum’ de Marcos Portugal; Orquestra Sinfónica Oltenia de Craiova (Roménia) e Ensemble KNM Berlim (Alemanha).
Após os seus estudos musicais em Portugal (licenciatura em piano na ESMAE e Mestrado em Artes Musicais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa) e na Hungria (pós-graduação em piano e música de câmara na Academia Ferenc Liszt de Budapeste), obteve o Mestrado em Direcção de Orquestra no Royal College of Music de Londres onde estudou com Peter Stark e Robin O’Neill. Trabalhou ainda com Jorma Panula e Colin Metters. Fez preparação musical para os maestros Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Jurowski, John Wilson entre outros.
Rui Pinheiro é agenciado por Worldwide Artists, Lda.
Rui Pinheiro conducts Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon in a programme of Verdi and Wagner, closing Dias da Musica
Festival, Lisbon.