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The Portuguese baritone and researcher, João Luís Veloso Paixão, studied piano and singing at Instituto Gregoriano in Lisbon (1994-2002). He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Singing from Escola Superior de Música in Lisbon (2003-2007); his Masters of Arts degree in Early Music Singing from Leiden University (2007-2013); and his Masters in Early Music Singing from the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague (2013). Currently he is PhD Applicant at University of Amsterdam (since September 2017).
João Paixão specializes in Early Music singing and acting. He works regularly with various ensembles and orchestras in The Netherlands and Germany, such as Seconda Pratica (since July 2014) and Musica Poëtica. He is co-founder and singer of Ensemble A Dialogue on a Kiss (since September 2010). He has been a guest teacher at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (2016), HKU Utrechts Conservatorium (September 2017-June 2018) and currently at Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (since September 2017).
João Paixão has, since 2011, intensified his activity in practice based research, giving special attention to e18th-century gesture, declamation and aesthetics, and its connection to singing. Together with Dr. Jed Wentz, he has worked on the reconstruction of monologues from the 17th through 19th centuries, collaborating with Oxford Brookes University, The Royal Theatre Society, Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance, Anton Bruckner University Linz, Stockholm University and Amsterdam University (Faculty of Humanities - Theatre Studies). In 2014, he acted in and coached a semi-staged reconstruction of Gotter/Benda’s Medea, within the Laboratory of the Utrecht Oudemuziek Festival. The following year, he staged and acted in the reconstruction of Rousseau/Coignet’s Pygmalion in the historical theatre of Český Krumlov (December 2014), a project developed in collaboration with “Performing pre-modernity” in the University of Stockholm. Currently living in The Hague, he is actively engaged with local artists and promoters such as the Koninklijk Schouwburg and the ensemble Musica Poëtica in order to raise awareness to the dramatic and declamatory dimensions of early-modern repertoire. With this ensemble, he is currently presenting Brandes/Benda’s Ariadne auf Naxos to several audiences throughout The Netherlands. He married Michal Bitan on September 18, 2013 and currently lives in The Hague, Netherlands. |
