Conductor | Clarinetist

Vítor Hugo Ferreira de Matos (b. 1977) began his musical studies at the Conservatories of Braga and Porto, studying with José Matos and Moreira Jorge, with whom he completed his clarinet training. In 2001, he graduated from the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE). Between 2001 and 2007, he pursued advanced studies with the renowned clarinetist Alessandro Carbonare.

As a clarinetist, he has performed extensively, including a series of recitals in Rome at the invitation of the Portuguese Institute of St. Anthony, where he premiered several works, notably the Clarinet Concerto dedicated to him by composer Joaquim dos Santos. He has collaborated with leading ensembles such as Orquestra do Norte, Sinfonieta do Porto, Orquestra de Câmara Musicare, Filarmonia das Beiras, and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. He has appeared as both soloist and chamber musician at major international festivals, including Encontros de Primavera (Guimarães), Póvoa de Varzim, Gaia, Cascais, Mateus, Toulouse, and Música Viva. He performs on a Backun MoBa clarinet and is a Backun Artist.

He studied orchestral conducting with Maestro Cesário Costa and has since developed a distinguished conducting career. He has conducted numerous orchestras, including Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra Estúdio, Orquestra de Câmara do Minho, the University of Minho Academic Orchestra, the Kaiserslautern Conservatory and Theatre Orchestra, and the Southwest German Radio Orchestra, covering repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary.

In the field of opera, he has conducted productions such as The Little Sweep and Noah’s Flood by Benjamin Britten, as well as Carmen by Georges Bizet. As part of Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture, he conducted Maurice Ravel’s opera L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.

He has collaborated with distinguished soloists including Matthias Schorn, António Rosado, Dora Rodrigues, Patrizia Porgio, Peter Arnold, Ilya Grubert, Luís Pipa, Pavel Gomziakov, Samuel Bastos, Elisabete Matos, among others. He is the recipient of several prizes in international conducting competitions, notably in Barcelona and Rome, including the “Bachetta d’Oro” (Best Conductor) and the “Bachetta d’Argento” (Best Interpretation).

In 2007, he conducted the Madrid Symphonic School Orchestra as part of the Advanced Courses in Contemporary Music and Orchestral Conducting at the University of Alcalá de Henares, working with Arturo Tamayo and Jesús López Cobos.

He is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, where he serves as Head of the Music Department and Director of the Bachelor’s Degree in Music at the School of Arts and Humanities.

He holds a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Katarina Gurska School of Music (Madrid) and a PhD in Music (Musicology – Performance) from the University of Évora.

Ângelo Martingo is an Associate Professor at the University of Minho (Portugal), where he teaches Piano and Performance Studies Research. He has performed extensively across Europe as both a soloist and chamber musician. Alongside his artistic career, he maintains a prolific scientific presence through the organization and coordination of international musicology conferences. His research focuses on music sociology and aesthetics, with key publications including Musica Instrumentalis (Co-editor, 2019), Musica Humana (Editor, 2020), and the book Razão, Cognição e Expressão nas Práticas Musicais [Reason, Cognition and Expression in Music Practices] (Author, 2018).