Biography
João Pedro Gonçalves began playing the cello at age 12 under the mentorship of Ana Cláudia Serrão in Lisbon, later continuing his studies with Marco Pereira and Paulo Gaio Lima. João was honoured with the Maestro Silva Pereira Prize as Young Musician of the Year 2020/21 in Portugal. As a soloist, he has collaborated with the Orquestra Gulbenkian, Young Belgian Strings, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, and Orquestra Metropolitana. He is currently pursuing his studies at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Gary Hoffman and Jeroen Reuling, as well as at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Jeroen Reuling. João performs on a cello crafted by Nicolas Lupot in 1804, which is on loan from the ‘Fonds de dotation Adelus’.
