Teacher Info

Hi there! I am Eddy.

I’ve been playing the violin for 20 years. I’ve played in thousands of concerts and I taught violin to dozens of pupils. As a member of a family of musicians, my mother decided to put me in a music academy where I started my violin lessons, and immediately discovered that I had a talent for playing the violin. I grew to love the instrument, and with the passing of years, I had the opportunity to study abroad where I became exposed to a varied range of cultures and music teachers that came to form my own musical personality. In my travels and during my studies, I studied at a University in Portugal, a superior conservatory in Amsterdam and ended up doing a Master’s degree in Glasgow.

I started teaching at the age of 22 when my teacher from Portugal asked me to assist some of his pupils. Then I had private students and then I started working in a private academy in Glasgow where I had well over 20 pupils, all from different age ranges, from 5 years old to 65. I also became Andrea Gajic’s assistant for a period of time, where I had the amazing opportunity to teach and support students from the Junior’s Conservatory in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

I’ve come to love teaching, as well as playing, because I’m a firm believer that if you mastered a skill, then you ought to teach it. Is also fascinating seeing how different and unique each pupil is, and I enjoy the process of getting to know them well, so I can best help them in their own particular way.

I can’t wait to start teaching you the violin! It’s a challenging instrument for sure! But with the right approach and the right guidance, you can love it too!

Music Qualifications & Achievements:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Honours of the Second Class, Upper Division
• Master of Music (Performance) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Academia Armando Toledo Calle de Elduayen, Vigo, Spain
• Escola Profissional de Arte de Mirandela
• Rua Sarmento Pimentel, 5370-326
• Conservatorium Van Amsterdam
• Conservatorium van Amsterdam; Oosterdokskade 151; 1011 DL Amsterdam
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Bachelor of Music Performance

PERFORMANCE & WORK EXPERIENCE

• Member of Orquestra Clássica de Espinho
• Leader of 2nd violins from the 2020-2021 season
• Member of Orquestra XXI
• Live Music Scotland member: Armonia Duo
• Played in more than 20 performances. One concert in the Usher Hall with a 4-star review: https://www.edinburghmusicreview.com/reviews/armonia-duo
• Music Festival, Shostakovich, Quartets complete cycle with Brodsky Quartet
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Beethoven Violin Concerto with The Learig Orchestra at Mannofield Church, Aberdeen
• Soloist
• Participant in Valerie Barr ́s Final Exam, Obtaining A2 as grade

• Selected for Masterclasses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with: Nicola Benedetti, Alina Ibragimova, Joseph Swensen and James Ehnes.
• Ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation with Nicola Benedetti
• Benedetti sessions in Glasgow

Orchestras:

• National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
• Orquestra Clássica de Espinho
• Orquesta Clásica de Vigo
• Orquestra XXI
• Collaborations with RSNO and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Experience as violin teacher:

• Violin teacher at Melrose Music School and The Glasgow School of Music
• Selected for helping as assistant during the 2018 RCS Summer School
• Assistant to Andrea Gajic in the Junior Conservatoire at RCS

SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS

1st prizes in:

• Louis Carus Duo Ensemble Prize
• Dunbar-Gerber Prize for Chamber Music
• Governors’ Recital Prize for Strings 2017

2nd prizes in:

• Concurso Internacional de Música de Sant Andreu de la Barca (Barcelona)
• Concurso Internacional Santa Cecília (Porto)
• Concurso Internacional Cidade de Fundão (Fundão)

Fluent in:

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish

This is my CV, so you can have a better grasp of my career until now. I am really proud of the innumerable concerts I’ve played since I started. Particularly important moments for me, was when I played in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, with the “National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands” or NJO under the guidance of Benjamin Zander.

Another good moment I remember is when I played alongside my music partner, Valerie Barr, in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh and we got a 4 stars review. And last but not least, when I played the 1st violin part alongside the wonderful 2nd violinist of the Brodsky Quartet, Ian Belton, in the Shostakovich Festival at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

During these activities, I remained teaching, as it was always a part of my life as an artist. Both my mother and father are music teachers. I grew up watching them teach. I guess it runs in the family.

Prices:

1/2 hour	£15.00
1 hour	£30.00

Location:

I teach my lessons from a teaching space located in Cambridge Street, Glasgow, G3 6RU, UK. My full teaching address will be provided upon your first lesson booking. I also offer mobile lessons (subject to my availability and your location). For more information about my music lessons simply get in touch.

Contact:

To book your first lesson with me, or to find out more about my music lessons, don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing me on [email protected].