Miguel Martins

  • Miguel Tiago Peres Martins (Mike Martins) was born in Viseu on February 12, 1999. At the age of 10, he entered the Regional Conservatory of Music of Viseu, Dr. Azeredo Perdigão, thus beginning his studies in Portuguese Guitar, and completed the 8th Grade in 2017 in the class of João Paulo Sousa.

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    He won the 1st National Portuguese Guitar Competition in Santarém (2016), and the Anim’arte Award “Revelation of the year 2017”.

    He attended master classes with Paulo Soares, Artur Caldeira and Custodio Castelo.

    He was a Portuguese Guitar teacher at Orfeão de Viseu between 2016 and 2019.

    In 2018, he performed for the first time at Casa da Música, in the section “New Values of Fado”. In 2019, he was a soloist with the Orquestra Clássica do Centro.

    Completed the Portuguese Guitar Degree in the class of Master Custódio Castelo, at ESART (2020, Castelo Branco).

    He plays regularly in Portugal and abroad. In Porto, he has performed at venues such as Casa da Mariquinhas, O Fado, Mal cozinhado and Fado Português. More recently, in Lisbon, we can hear Mike Martins at venues such as Clube de Fado, Casa de Linhares, Luso and Adega Machado.

    In recent years, it has been possible to find him alongside Ricardo Ribeiro, Marco Rodrigues, Leonor Santos, Sandra Correia, Francisco Moreira, Luís Trigacheiro and Pérola.

    He is currently a resident musician at O Faia.