Artium Trio

Francisco Lima Santos, violin
Pedro Gomes Silva, cello
João Barata, piano

Born in Lisbon, Francisco Lima Santos (1991) began his musical studies at the age of 9 under Ana Margarida Sanmarful. He then studied with Khachatour Amirkhanian (Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa), Yuzuko Horigome (Koninklijk Conservatorium) and Ana Chumachenko and Zograb Tatevosyan (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía). He performed as a soloist with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and Gulbenkian Orchestra. He was a member of the EUYO. He has played with the Euskadi Symphony, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic. He has regularly performed in chamber music festivals, playing alongside soloists such as Diemut Poppen, Ivan Monighetti, Christel Lee and Barnabas Kelemen. He has been Concertmaster of the Gulbenkian Orchestra since 2017.

Pedro Gomes Silva was born in Lisbon (1995) and began his cello studies at the age of 8 under the guidance of Luis Sá Pessoa. He then studied with teachers such as Levon Mouradian, Pavel Gomziakov and Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall Music School of Music and Drama. Pedro has played in festivals with musicians such as Adrian Brendel, Tatiana Samouil, Natalia Tchitch, Sergey Ostrovsky, and members of the Endellian Quartet, performing in halls such as Gulbenkian, Barbican, Milton Court, Casa da Música, alongside orchestras including the
Orchestra of the National Conservatory, OSJ and Symphony Orchestra of ESML. Pedro held a scholarship from EDP Foundation –OSJ and is currently a recipient of GDA and Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarship and works regularly with Gulbenkian Orchestra.

João Barata, born in Covilhã, began his piano studies at the age of 6 with Paula Ramos. He then studied with Tâmara Antontseva and with Jorge Moyano. He made his orchestra debut at the age of 12 in Ettelbruck (Luxembourg). He was awarded several international first prizes, including at the Santa Cecília International Competition and at the International Competition Cidade do Fundão. He has performed recitals in several halls in Portugal and Spain. Since 2017, he studies at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid under the guidance of Galina Eguiazarova. He is a recipient of Fundación Albeniz and Gulbenkian Foundation scholarships.

“Artium Trio is composed by highly talented musicians! These Portuguese musicians represent the future of classical music!”  Pavel Gomziakov, cellist

“How pleasurable it is to listen to chamber music played with such quality by these young musicians”  Rui Vieira Nery