Pedro Melo Alves

www.pedromeloalves.com/ Pedro Melo Alves is one of the most prominent drummers and composers in the recent avant-garde music scene in Portugal. Having been awarded with multiple awards and nominations (Bernardo Sassetti Composition Award, Premio Internazionale Giorgio Gaslini, El Intruso Best Revelation Group), he’s been increasingly present in the international music scene, presenting his projects in Germany, USA, Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia or Spain and sharing stage and studio with musicians such as Peter Evans, Tony Malaby, Marta Warelis, Mark Dresser, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Joe Morris, Sun Ra Arkestra, Eve Risser, Luke Stewart or Violeta Garcia. Born in 1991, in Porto, Portugal, Pedro has studied Jazz Drums (ESMAE, Porto, 2011), Jazz and Classical Piano (ESTAL, Lisbon, 2014) and Music Composition (ESML, Lisbon, 2015). Today he plays and composes for his Omniae Large Ensemble, The Rite of Trio, In Igma, hosts a resident series at Galeria Zé dos Bois (Conundrum Series), has percussion duets with João Pais Filipe or Pedro Carneiro, and is a part of many projects, such as HIIT with Andrea Grossi and Simone Quatrana, Luís Vicente Trio, Alma Tree with Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Vasco Trilla, Surma or Memória de Peixe. In parallel, Pedro also composes for Theatre, Dance, Cinema and erudite music commissions and programs music series on his venue Água Ardente (Lisbon).