Fernando Marinho is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Orquestra do Norte.

As a guest conductor, he has worked with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras, Orquestra do Algarve, Orquestra Clássica do Centro, Orquestra Clássica da Madeira, Sinfonietta de Ponta Delgada, the Chamber Orchestra and Symphonic Band of the Guarda Nacional Republicana, Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa, Banda Municipal de A Coruña, Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Sevilla, Banda de Música de Pontevedra and Orquestra de Câmara Ibérica (Spain), as well as the Berliner Symphoniker (Germany).

Born in Amarante, he holds diplomas in flute from the Conservatório de Música do Porto, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra. He holds a degree in Primary Education and studied music pedagogy at Paedak and flute at the BrucknerKonservatorium Linz (Austria) as an Erasmus scholarship student.

As a flautist, he has performed with the Orquestra Gulbenkian, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Remix Ensemble, Orchestre d'Harmonie de Jeunes de l'Union Européenne, among others. He has worked with renowned conductors including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lawrence Foster, Simone Young, Paavo Järvi, François-Xavier Roth, Lionel Bringuier, Michael Zilm and Peter Rundel. He has appeared as a ...

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