About.
Luís Freitas da Cruz was born in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2001. He started his cello studies at the age of five, with Professor Oxana Chvets at Academia de Música José Atalaya, where he finished high school with the highest grade. He continued cello studies with Professor Levon Mouradian at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), finshing the Bachelor of Music – Execution in July 2021. Luís is studying for Master of Performance programme at Royal College of Music, being a Leverhulme Arts Scholar.
He participated in masterclasses with: A. Znachonak, C. Strynckx, C. Bohórquez, C. Coin D. Martínez, D. Cruz, D. Grosgurin, L. Claret, M. Coppey, M. Macedo, PG Lima, P. Gomziakov , Sung-Won Yang, T. Tsutsumi.
He joined the Orquestra Sinfónica Ensemble (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and the Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). He was also invited as a cellist to symphonic working sessions in the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (2020, 2021).
He was soloist with the Camerata Atlântica, with the Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa, with the Vigo Orchestra 430, with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and with the Repertory Orchestra of the ESML. He performed during 12º Festival das Artes Quebra Jazz as a soloist with Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa (The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33).
1st Prize Awards:
- Concurso Internacional de Santa Cecília (2014),
- Concurso Luso-Espanhol de Fafe (2015, 2018),
- Concurso Nacional de Cordas Vasco Barbosa (2017),
- Concurso Cidade de Vigo (2017),
- Concurso para jóvenes violoncellistas de Espana y Portugal in León (2018)
- Prémio Jovens Músicos (2018).
Events.
Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa – Tchaikovsky – 12º Festival das Artes Quebra Jazz (2021)
Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa, under the musical direction of Pedro Carneiro, interprets The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 by Tchaikovsky. The style of this piece was inspired by Mozart, where the theme evokes the classicism, however the variations are clearly romantic.
Date: 22 July 2021
Program (soloist):
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa – Haydn, Ligeti & Mozart – Casa da Música (2019)
Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa, under the musical direction of Pedro Carneiro, interprets an emblematic work of the twentieth century. The Ligeti Concerto for cello starts from absolute silence and emerges very slowly defying the senses. To frame it is the music of Viennese Classicism, ending the concert with a symphony that Mozart wrote in only four days, when passing through the city of Linz.
Date: 13 May 2019
Program:
𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 𝐴𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎 “𝐿’𝐼𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎”
𝗚𝘆𝗼̈𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑉𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑜
𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎 36 𝑒𝑚 𝐷𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑜𝑟, “𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑧”