Nuno Marinho

Nuno Marinho is a performer, teacher and promotor. ​ Born in Coimbra in 1981, he started playing the guitar at the age of 14. At the age of 18 he also started his studies in a second instrument, the double bass, at Conservatório Municipal de Coimbra.  In 2006 he moved to Lisbon to study at the "Escola de Jazz Luis Villas-Boas, Hot Club De Portugal".  In 2010 he was invited to perform at "A Festa do Jazz do São Luís", the most prestigious jazz portugues festival, were he was recognized with the "Best Jazz Instrumentalist" award.  In the same year his Jazz-Funk band has won the 2nd place at the "Cool Jazz Talents Competition" by performing original songs of his own.  Nuno Marinho's studies include a Law Degree at the University Of Coimbra (2004) and a Jazz Degree at ESML-Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (2013).  He is a recognized pedagog of Guitar, Harmony, Jazz Theory, Improvisation and Ear Training. In 2013 he started paying tribute to the "Pat Metheny Group" music. His investigation efforts on the life and work of the the great Jazz Masters have been published by "Jazz.pt" magazine since March 2014. (Check links bellow) In June 2014 his first album - "DNA" - was released. This was followed by the second album "Letting Go... The World Of Make Believe" in 2015. In the same year he started promoting Gypsy Jazz (Manouche) in Portugal, playing Tribute to "Django Reinhardt".

"Paulus Schafer Trio" appeared for the first time in Seixal Jazz Festival, where they invited Nuno to play some songs with them.  Nuno is performing at some of the greatest portuguese Jazz Clubs and Festivals like Hot Club de Portugal, Chapitô, Onda Jazz, Braço de Prata, Contrabaixo Bar (Mira), Cantaloupe Bar (Olhão), Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães), Valado dos Frades Festival, Seixal Jazz Festival, A Capela (Coimbra) and so on.  Nuno is currently specialized in meta-learning, the process of aquiring competences the most effective way possible. This allows he's students to be throughly guided and mentored with enlightening results in both ways of the spectrum: master and disciple.

Awards

Best Jazz Instrumentalist in 2010's "Festa do Jazz do São Luís". 2nd place award at 2010's "Cascais Cool Jazz Talents" Competition

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