2024
Silk Street Sinfonietta
1st December/7pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Works by Ligeti, Ben-Yami et al.
Concert for Valencia
10th November/6pm, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Trio Altamira
Works by Beethoven
Choques Temporais - Festival Internacional de Música de Câmara de Oeiras
28th September/5pm, Auditório Municipal César Batalha (PT)
Vasco Ferrão, cello
Francisco Cabrita, piano
free entry
Kultursommer Nordhessen - Northern Hesse Cultural Summer
10th August/7:30pm, Festsaal at
Kongress Palais Kassel (DE)
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Vasco Ferrão, assistant conductor
tickets
Young Euro Classic - Opening Concert
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
9th August/8pm, Konzerthaus Berlin
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Vasco Ferrão, assistant conductor
tickets
Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa - Imersão Total
6th August/7pm, Sede OCP
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Vasco Ferrão, assistant conductor
Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa
3rd August/7pm, Escola Secundária Luís de Freitas Branco
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Vasco Ferrão, assistant conductor
Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa
2nd August/9pm, Centro Cultural de Belém
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Vasco Ferrão, assistant conductor
tickets
Virtuoso & Belcanto Ensemble - closing concert
28th July/12pm,
Real Collegio di Lucca (IT)
Jan Bjøranger
, leader
Works by Vivaldi
tickets
Virtuoso & Belcanto Ensemble
27th July/6pm,
San Cassiano di Controne (IT)
Jan Bjøranger
, leader
Works by Vivaldi
tickets
LIVE Festival
21st June/1pm, St. Mary-le-Bow Church London
Trio Altamira
Works by Schostakovich and Rachmaninov
Final Recital - Guildhall School of Music & Drama
3rd June/5:45pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Vasco Ferrão, cello
Stephen Gutman, piano
Works by Birtwistle, Beethoven, Debussy and Webern
Lunchtime Recital
31st May/1pm, St. James Sussex Gardens
London
Salome Jordania + Malena Benavent & Vasco Ferrão
Works by Liszt and Schostakovich
Concerto premiere and recording
30th April, Milton Court Concert Hall
Tiago Melo Ribeiro’s Cello Concerto “It’s Hard to Slow Down”
Jack Sheen, conductor
Chamber Music
28th April/1pm, Burgh House
Trio Altamira - Malena Benavent-Gimeno, violin; Vasco Ferrão, cello; Salome Jordania, piano
Works by Mendelssohn and Schostakovich
Tickets
From Bach to Kurtág
17th April/7pm, Portuguese Chamber Orchestra
Recital
Vasco Ferrão, cello
Francisco Cabrita, piano
Works by G. Kurtág, J. S. Bach, A. Scriabin, L. V. Beethoven and C. Debussy
Silk Street Sinfonietta - Chamber Night
29th March/7:30pm
World premiere of “Mirages” for string quartet by Antoine Veillerette
tickets
Andreas Perez-Ursulet & The Philia Quartet
22nd March/7pm, St. James Sussex Gardens
Andreas Perez-Ursulet, countertenor
Works by D. Schostakovich, J. C. Bach, G. F. Handel, A. Vivaldi, J. Dove and S. Barber
Section Leader
19th January /7pm, Milton Court Concert Hall
Guildhall String Ensemble
András Keller, director
Works by D. Schostakovich, I. Stravinsky and F. Schubert
2023
Conducting
29th October/7pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Musicians of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Vasco Ferrão, conductor
G. Enescu - Prélude a l’Unison
L. V. Beethoven - Symphony no.3
Recital
16th October/8pm, Milton Court Concert Hall
J. Brahms - Sonata for Cello and Piano op.99
Stephen Gutman, Piano
Chamber Music
27th July, CineTeatro de Loulé (pt)
Da Caprio -
Francisco Esteves, violin; Vasco Ferrão, cello; Manuel Prata, piano
Works by J. Brahms and L. Costa
Verao Classico Festival Talentfest II
20th July/6pm, Picadeiro Real (pt)
J. S. Bach - Suite No.4, BWV 1010
tickets
Concerto
30th June/7:00pm, Silk Street Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
D. Schostakovich - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra no.1 op107
Damian Dobromirov, conductor
Chamber Music
12th June, Casa da Música (pt)
Da Caprio - Francisco Esteves, violin; Vasco Ferrão, cello; Manuel Prata, piano
Works by E. Grieg. M. Ravel and D. Schostakovich
Embassy of Brazil in London
1st June, Embassy of Brazil in London/ Brazil Hall
World Premiere of “Abaporu - Concertante for Piano and Strings” (string quintet version) by João Guilherme Ripper
Walton at Silk Street
20th March/8:30pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Musicians of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Vasco Ferrão, conductor
Walton Symphony no.1 in Bb minor
2022
Walton/MahlerHaydn
31st October/7pm, Silk Street Music Hall
Musicians of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Vasco Ferrão, conductor
Teresa Caleiro, viola
W. Walton - Concerto for Viola in A minor: I. Andante Comodo
G. Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony no.5
J. Haydn - Symphony no.97 in C major
Indies and Idols: Australian Chamber Orchestra
29th October/7:30pm, Milton Court Concert Hall
Cello Ensemble
30th July/9pm, Real Collegio di Luca (it)
Xenia Jankovic, soloist
R. Schumann - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor (arrangement for 8 cello ensemble by X. Jankovic)
2020
Concerto
23rd December/9pm, Conservatório Regional de Palmela (pt)
L. V. Beethoven - Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major op.56
Da Caprio - Francisco Esteves, violin; Vasco Ferrão, cello; Manuel Prata, piano
Portuguese Youth Orchestra
Pedro Carneiro, conductor
Dias da Música em Belém - Beethoven 250
25th April, Centro Cultural de Belém (pt) - Cancelled due to COVID-19
Da Caprio -
Francisco Esteves, violin; Vasco Ferrão, cello; Manuel Prata, piano
Works by L. V. Beethoven
Personality of the Year Award 2019
24th January, Picadeiro Real (pt)
Da Caprio, Maria João Pires
Works by L. V. Beethoven
2019
Schumannfest
1st May, Tonhalle Düsseldorf (de)
Da Caprio
Works by J. Brahms