António Ferreira

António Ferreira - pianist / conductor

Born in Lisbon, António Ferreira studied conducting with Jean-Marc Burfin at the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra (Lisbon), and took conducting courses with Jean-Sébastien Béreau, former professor of the Conservatoire Superior de Paris. A former student of the Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças (FMAC), where he began his piano studies with Maria Amélia Toscano, António Ferreira continued his piano and chamber music studies at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa with Jorge Moyano and Olga Prats respectively. He also studied chamber music with Maestro João Paulo Santos.. As stage manager he took part in Verdi's opera "Otello" with Plácido Domingo and in Massenet's opera "Werther" with Alfredo Kraus and Ileana Cotrubas. // See full bio »»» http://antonioferreira-maestro.blogspot.pt/2011/06/antonio-ferreira.html