
Born in Coimbra, Portugal, Pedro Rodrigues began his
musical studies at the age of five, and at nine began to study classical guitar
under the guidance of J. M. Lopes, at the Leiria’s Conservatory of Arts, where
he completed his course of study in 1998 with highest honours and as recipient
of the Gulbenkian Scholarship.
Mr. Rodrigues continued his studies with Alberto Ponce, at the École Normale de
Musique de Paris, receiving here the Diplome Supérieur de Concertiste “a
l’unanimité avec
felicitations”.
Pedro Rodrigues has participated in the master classes of such distinguished
artists as Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Darko Petrinjak, Joaquin Clerch and
Alberto Ponce, and is the winner of more then 20 awards, including the Artists
International Award Audtions (New York), Sor Competition (Rome), Masters de la
Guitare (Paris), Zinetti Competition (Verona), Torrent (Valencia), RDP Young
Musicians
(Lisbon) among others.
Pedro Rodrigues held concerts in world-renowned concert halls such as the
Carnegie Hall (NY), Salle Cortot (Paris), Ateneo de Madrid, Endler Hall (Cape
Town), Gulbenkian Grande Auditório, Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon) and Casa
da Música (Oporto). He recorded for JNS Music, Numérica and Nuova Venezia
recording labels.