João Dias

Percussionist, graduated by ESMAE (BA & MA) with Miquel Bernat, Manuel Campos and Nuno Aroso as tutors. Currently, he is attending a Phd Program in Musical Arts at FCSH/ UNL and ESML. He is a researcher at the Research Group on Contemporary Music at CESEM, where he is particularly interested in the mediation between composer and performer in the creation of new music for percussion. He won a PhD grant from Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

He has been developing his work as a performer mainly in the field of contemporary repertoire, from ensemble to solo works. He is Artistic Director and member of Supernova Ensemble, member of Drumming Percussion Group and Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, and collaborates regularly with Sonoscopia Associação, Remix Ensemble, Gulbenkian Orchestra, among others.

He is a professor at the University of Aveiro and Universidade do Minho.