Ricardo Alves Pereira
Classical Guitarist

Ricardo Alves Pereira is a guitarist who leads his audience to imagine stories through his musical narratives for classical guitar. During his concerts, the repertoire is presented with a unique parallel content, guiding the listener to experience a new interpretation of the story his guitar is telling.
He has received several prizes in music competitions and has been invited to give solo concerts, with ensembles, and with orchestra on various international stages in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Turkey. He travelled through Europe to receive his education from some of the most renowned classical guitar players. His main teachers were Ilda Coelho, Margarita Escarpa, Duo Melis and Zoran Dukic.
Ricardo is also specialised in performing and teaching to children. He has a solo guitar project called “The Guitar Lullaby” in which he plays his own compositions/songs in English for older children (5 – 9). The concert program is adaptable for musical therapy context as well. Together with Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira they developed a classical music concert for toddlers named “Cats, Flowers, and Vanilla Ice-Cream”. He had done his internship for teaching classical guitar in a conservatory in IUSC, Istanbul.
His current indie-classical music projects with which he performs at international stages and festivals are Trio Dilectio (own arragnements of early music), The Wandering Bard (own arrangements of traditional/early English music), CordaSonora Duo (classical music) and ReCordar (fado and traditional Portuguese music)
Ricardo performs on an instrument made by the Spanish guitar luthier, Ana Espinosa.
Videos
You can find recording date and more information about each video by opening them on YouTube
The Myth of Arion
A Musical Narrative
Fantasia sobre motivos de la Traviata
F. Tárrega
La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
C. Debussy
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Traditional
Lullaby for Ege
Ricardo Alves Pereira
Adagio, BWV 1001
J. S. Bach
Cats, Flowers, and Vanilla Ice-Cream
Presentation video
Olive Seeds
(Rehearsals with children)
Current Repetory
Musical Narratives
For Solo Guitar
Sonorous Story
The Dream World
The Myth of Arion
The Fantastic Journey of Mr.Tarrega
Your Heart’s Desire
The Legnani Model
For Singer and Ensemble
The Wandering Bard
The Lady in Green
In Good Company with King Henry VII
Solo Pieces
Ricardo’s repertory includes compositions from Renaissance Period to 21st century. To see the full list click here.
Concertos
M. Giuliani – Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A
J. Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
J. Rodrigo – Fantasía para un gentilhombre
A. Vivaldi – Lute Concerto, RV93
Album Recordings
Ciclos, solo classical guitar
Recorded in 2015, “Ciclos”, is Ricardo’s first classical guitar music album, as a result of receiving the first prize on the competition “Premios Mans Futuro”, in À Coruña (Spain).
Ciclos consists of compositons from Tárrega, Regondi, Llobet, Debussy, Sor, Brocá, Dowland, and also a composition from Ricardo himself. The album explores his original concept of musical narratives for classical guitar and expresses various cycles in the life of a person. “In the great intercicle network, the end of a cycle is simply the time when one stops and dazzles the infinite”.
Teaching Experience
Education and Awards
He began his music education in Portugal with Ilda Coelho (EMOL, Leiria) and did his bachelor degree with Margarita Escarpa in Spain (CSMV, Vigo), finishing with maximum qualification for his graduation concert. He made a Erasmus Study Exchange Programmes in France (CS, Strasbourg) with Duo Melis, and in Turkey he did his internship for teaching in IUSC, Istanbul. He did his master degree with with Artistic Research Scholarship from GDA Foundation and with Excellence in MusicTalent Grant from The Royal Concervatory of The Hague, The Netherlands. There he studied with Zoran Dukic, and he developed the concept of musical narratives for classical guitar.
He has received the following distinctions academically and in competitions:
1st Prize at the IX. Premios Mans Futuro, À Coruña (Spain) 2014.
1st Prize Ex-Aequo at the VIII. International Guitar Competition, Leiria (Portugal) 2011.
Special Prize “Best Interpretation of Portuguese Music” at the VIII. International Guitar Competition, Leiria (Portugal) 2011.
2nd Prize at II. International Chamber Music Competition, Alcobaça (Portugal) 2011
1st Prize at the Young Talents Contest of Orfeão de Leiria, Leiria (Portugal) 2009
Special Prize “Rui Barral” at the Young Talents Contest of Orfeão de Leiria, Leiria (Portugal) 2009
1st Prize at the II. National Guitar Competition of Orfeão de Leiria, Leiria (Portugal) 2009
Study Awards “Excellence in Music” of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (The Netherlands) 2015, 2016
“Artistic Research Scholarship” of GDA Foundation (Portugal) 2015
“Training Scholarship” from Erasmus Exchange programmes (Turkey) 2014
“Study Scholarship” from Erasmus Exchange programmes (France) 2013
“Axudas Galicia” Scholarship from goverment of Galicia (Spain) 2013
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