FRANCISCO MOREIRA viola, acoustic guitar
Born in Goiânia, Brazil, Francisco Moreira began his musical studies at the Conservatory of the Federal University of Goiás, and finished at the University of Music and Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
He won two prizes in the Young Instrumental Competition in São Paulo, and was a member of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Rio de Janeiro, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Latin American "Jeunesse Musicales" Montevideo Uruguay, the Youth Symphony Orchestra World-wide "Jeunesse Musicales" Warsaw, Poland.
He was a member of the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the "Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie" Long- term participation in the Mozarteum Orquestra-Salzburg. He has also performed in several concerts and recordings with soloists Mischa Maisky, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Boris Belkin, among others.
He has participated in master classes with Max Rostal, Bruno Giuranna as well as other professors in Austria, Spain, Brazil and Germany. He lives with his family in Portugal and has been a member of the Porto Synphony Orquestra Casa da Música since 1994. He is a member of the Sabiá Quartet