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The Portuguese tenor, Tiago Amândio Ferreira de Sousa, began his career and studied music at the Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense, where he studied guitar for three years. In the academic year 2012-2013 he joined the Academia de Música Valentim Moreira de Sá. After graduating from high school, he was accepted into the guitar class of professor Dejan Ivanović and Gonçalo Gouveia at the Universidade de Évora. In this University he completed the Bachelor's degree in Music - Guitar and the Master's degree in Guitar Education. In parallel with his studies as an instrumentalist, he also developed studies in the field of lyrical singing. In the academic year 2018-2019 he joined the Escola Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional, in Lisbon, in the singing class of the teacher Filomena Amaro, where he studied for two years. He had private lessons and master-classes with Pedro Nascimento, Paulo Ferreira, José de Eça and Christoph Strehl. Between the years of 2021-2023, he studied singing in the Bachelor degree at the Universität Mozarteum, in Salzburg, Austria.
During his time at the Universität Mozarteum, Tiago Sousa was a member of the Salzburger Bachchor, Ensemble BachWerkVokal Salzburg (Director: Gordon Safari), and Collegium Vocale Salzburg (Director: Albert Hartinger). In the same city, he developed several projects as as oloist in the Franziskanerkirche, Salzburg Cathedral, in the Ensemble “Il Gioismo” and in some projects at the Mozarteum University, namely the premiere of Erik Schroeder's Opera La Locandiera in the role of Il Cavaliere. In Portugal, he developed projects as a Soloist at the Marvão International Music Festival (FIMM) at 2023 edition and at the Zêzere Arts Festival, also in 2023.
In July 2023 Tiago Sousa recorded a CD with the BachWerkVokal Salzburg at Thomas Kirche in Leipzig performing some cantatas and motets by J.S. Bach. He was also a member of several Portuguese choirs: Coro Gulbenkian, in Lisbon; Ensemble All’Ottava and Coro Eborae Musicae, two formations specialized in polyphony at the Évora Cathedral school, in Évora; Moços do Coro and Capella Duriensis, in Porto; Vocal Ensemble, in Aveiro and Ensemble Záve, in Tomar. He also participated internationally in the Chorakademie Lübeck 2020, in Germany and he participated in Coro Amadeus in Badajoz. During his choral experience he had the opportunity to work with conductors such as: John Nelson, Antonio Pappano, Lorenzo Viotti, Gianluca Capuano, Lionel Meunier, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Gordon Safari, Michel Corboz, Brian MacKay, Owen Rees, Jörn Andresen, Giancarlo Guerrero, Nuno Coelho, Pedro Teixeira, Gonçalo Lourenço, Vasco Negreiros and Nuno Almeida. |
