Curriculum Vitae in English

António Carrilho develops an intense career as a soloist in a repertory that spans from the Middle Age to our days. He featured playing with the Gulbenkian Orchestra; Sinfónica Portuguesa; OrchestrUtópica; Lisbon Symphonietta, Cascais and Oeiras Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Ballabille, The Hague Royal Conservatory Orchestra — Netherlands, Belgium and Germany — various Norwegian orchestras, and with the Baroque Orchestra of Haifa (Israel).

He collaborated with the following maestros: Sigiswald Kuijken, Lucas Pfaff, Jeppe Moulijn, Christoph Rousset, João Paulo Santos, Nicholas Kranmer, Paulo Lourenço, Cesário Costa; Harry Christophers, Enrico Onofri, Christian Curnyn, António Vassalo Lourenço, Gunnstein Òlafson, Osvaldo Ferreira, Nicolay Lalov and Vasco Pearce Azevedo.

Many composers have written chamber music and concertos pieces for him. Notably, Jacques Bank and Annette Kruisbrink (The Netherlands); Myriam Marbe (Romania); António Chagas Rosa, Nuno Côrte-Real, Euricov Carrapatoso, Sérgio Azevedo, João Madureira and Clotilde Rosa (Portugal);Ivan Moody (United Kingdom), Bjarne Isaksen and Bernt Simen Lund (Norway), Hanne Ørvad (Denmark), Jean François Lézé (France) and Dimitri Nicolau (Greece).

Future projects include the premiere of works by Ivan Moody (United Kingdom:
absolute premiere), João Madureira, Álvaro Salazar, Virgílio Melo (Portugal), Jean François Lézé (France), Dimitri Nicolau (Grécia) e Donald Bousted (United Kingdom).

In 1999 he reached the final of the First International Recorder Competition in Haifa, Israel. In 2001, António Carrilho received an honourable mention at the Moeck/SRP solo recorder competition in London, United Kingdom.

Works regularly with Ensemble Barroco do Chiado/ La Nave Va (artistic director)/ duo with pianists Anne Kaasa and Helena Vasques/ Le je-ne-scay-quoy/ Banchetto Musicale Lusitania (artistic director)/ Piazzolla Lisboa / Barbacute/ 18-21/ Azizi (artistic director) (Portugal), Collegio Musicum Saint Giovanni dei Fiaminghi di Roma (Italy)/ La Basse Discontinue (Belgium), Ciudate (Netherlands) and Tromsø Barokk (Noruega).

He is currently envolved in several recordings of portuguese contemporary works for recorder by the portuguese composers: Cândido Lima, Pedro Junqueira Maia and Álvaro Salazar.

He has recorded music by Eurico Carrapatoso Magnificat em Talha Dourada, Virgilio Melo Remember, Jacques Bank Een taaie winter, Sérgio Azevedo's Suite Concertante for recorder and String orchestra, renaissance Portuguese music with the Gulbenkian Choir and David Perez' concerto for recorder and orquestra with Ensemble Barroco do Chiado. Future recording projects include a solo Portuguese contemporary recital, a Piazzolla debut and a DVD of Sérgio Azevedo´s Suite concertante for recorder and string orchestra.

As a maestro he has been traveling a path connected with baroque vocal music. He directed the following operas: Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), La descente d´Órphée aux Enfers by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), La Dirindina by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) and Arlechinatta by Antonio Salieri (1750-1825). In contemporary music he directed works by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007).

António Carrilho teaches masterclasses in Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands.

His solo recital from the project From Dawn to Dusk with portuguese and japonese contemporary music was chosen by the portuguese classical radio station, Antena 2, to represent Portugal in the EBU's — European Broadcasting Union — Euroradio feature.

He performs regularly throughout the world in music festivals and concert halls.

Below you can download António Carrilho's CV's (abridged version) in French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Norwegian.