Born in 1988, in Porto (Portugal), Nuno Marques Pinto started learning the classical guitar with Prof. Paula Marques. After completing his Bachelor Studies in Portugal, with Prof. José Pina, he moved to Switzerland in 2010 to study at the University of Basel, under the guidance of Prof. Stephan Schmidt. He had the opportunity to have lessons with renowned guitarists, such as Kazuhito Yamashita, Seth Josel, Oscar Ghiglia, Pablo Marquez, Margarita Escarpa, Paul Galbraith, Chen Zhi, Dejan Ivanovic, Tomas Camacho, Mats Scheidegger, Tilman Hoppstock and Roland Dyens.
His main focus on contemporary music lead him to play with the following groups: Ensemble Vertixe Sonora (Galicia, Spain), TAL Trio (Basel, Switzerland), LUX:NM Ensemble (Berlin, Germany), Tempus Konnex (Leipzig, Germany), Contemporary Insights (Leipzig, Germany), KAPmodern (Potsdam, Germany), Routine Investigation Ensemble (Leipzig, Germany), Staatskapelle Halle (Halle, Germany), El Perro Andaluz Ensemble (Dresden, Germany), among others.
Nuno had the chance to with the following composers: Helmut Lachenmann, Daniel de Zea, Eric Egan, Gregor Forbes, Matthias Pintscher, Arthur Kampela, Diogo Novo Carvalho, Ângela Ponte, Sondre Bryntesen, Fojan Gharibnejad, Pia Johansen, Tyler Futrell, Ramón Otero, Santiago Diez-Fischer, Tianyu Zou, José Luis Perdigón de Paz, Alfred Jimenez, Pang Chun-ting, Lula Romero, Mateo Malondra Flaquer, Stefan Beyer, Carlos Sandoval, Adrian Laugsch, Chanhee Lim, Ivan Ferrer, Ui-Kyung Lee, Michel Roth.
He has won several prizes in international guitar competitions in Europe, such as Concurso Internacional Josefina Robledo (Valencia, Spain), B.O.G. Foundation Competition (Switzerland), Concurso Internacional de Guitarra do Fundão (Portugal), Prémio Jovens Músicos da RDP (Portuguese Classical Radio Prize) and Victor Pellegrini International Guitar Competition (Switzerland). He had his debut playing as soloist with the Basel Sinfonieorchester (Switzerland), Orquestra XXI (Portugal) and Orquestra de la Marina Alta (Spain).
Leipzig, 2022
His main focus on contemporary music lead him to play with the following groups: Ensemble Vertixe Sonora (Galicia, Spain), TAL Trio (Basel, Switzerland), LUX:NM Ensemble (Berlin, Germany), Tempus Konnex (Leipzig, Germany), Contemporary Insights (Leipzig, Germany), KAPmodern (Potsdam, Germany), Routine Investigation Ensemble (Leipzig, Germany), Staatskapelle Halle (Halle, Germany), El Perro Andaluz Ensemble (Dresden, Germany), among others.
Nuno had the chance to with the following composers: Helmut Lachenmann, Daniel de Zea, Eric Egan, Gregor Forbes, Matthias Pintscher, Arthur Kampela, Diogo Novo Carvalho, Ângela Ponte, Sondre Bryntesen, Fojan Gharibnejad, Pia Johansen, Tyler Futrell, Ramón Otero, Santiago Diez-Fischer, Tianyu Zou, José Luis Perdigón de Paz, Alfred Jimenez, Pang Chun-ting, Lula Romero, Mateo Malondra Flaquer, Stefan Beyer, Carlos Sandoval, Adrian Laugsch, Chanhee Lim, Ivan Ferrer, Ui-Kyung Lee, Michel Roth.
He has won several prizes in international guitar competitions in Europe, such as Concurso Internacional Josefina Robledo (Valencia, Spain), B.O.G. Foundation Competition (Switzerland), Concurso Internacional de Guitarra do Fundão (Portugal), Prémio Jovens Músicos da RDP (Portuguese Classical Radio Prize) and Victor Pellegrini International Guitar Competition (Switzerland). He had his debut playing as soloist with the Basel Sinfonieorchester (Switzerland), Orquestra XXI (Portugal) and Orquestra de la Marina Alta (Spain).
Leipzig, 2022
