Pedro Matos

Pedro Matos (Portugal) is a multi-disciplinary singer and guitar player based in Berlin. Fascinated by the possibilities of the human voice, Pedro has been exploring a wide range of repertoires, from early music to jazz and folk music, using a lot of different techniques, including beatbox.

His first serious stage experience came at the age of 14, singing the title role of Hans Werner Henze's children's opera "Pollicino".

He holds two degrees, one in classical singing at Lisbon College of Music (with Sílvia Mateus) and one in classical guitar at University of Évora (with Dejan Ivanovitch). 

 

Based in Berlin since 2017, he studies singing privately with Sami Kustaloglu and Tim Ribchester (correpetition). He's also studying a master's degree in historical singing at Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig with Yosemeh Adjei. He considers himself to be pretty much an improvisation and ornamentation freek. He participated in masterclasses with singers such as Yvonne Minton, Carlos Monteiro, Paulo Ferreira, Geert Berghs, Pierre Mak, Margarida Natividade, Christian Hilz, Kai Wessel and Gundula Anders. Among renowned musical directors he has worked with are Michael Hoffstetter, Wolfgang Kastner, Frieder Bernius, James Gaffigan and Adrien Perruchon

Pedro works mainly as a versatile lyrical tenor specialized in the baroque repertoire. Staged and concert performances as soloist in recent years include the opera L'Ormindo (Osmano) by F.Cavalli with Ensemble Mattiacis in Marocco, "Les Indes Galantes (Damon and Tacmas) at Benslow Music (England), extracts from "Il Re Pastore" (Alexander) with Ars Augusta e.V (Görlitz), Die schöne und getreue Ariadne (Theseus) by J.G. Conradi at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, La Ressurezione (San Giovanni) by G.F.Händel at HMT Leipzig, Les Brigands (Domino) by J. Offenbach at the Komische Oper Berlin. 

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Pedro is also a much sought-after ensemble singer, collaborating with groups such as Coro da Casa da Música (Porto), Vocalconsort Berlin, Sirventes Ensemble, Cantus Thuringia, Capella Angelica and Lautten Compagney, Ensemble BachWerkVokal Salzburg, Chorus Musicus Köln, Ensemble Lachrymae (Leipyig) and male vocal quartet German Gents. 

He is currently a member of collective Utopera, of male vocal quartet Bmajor and Vokalquintett Berlin.
 

Together with Charlson Ximenes, he founded the project Serenata Portuguesa (serenataportuguesa.com) in 2023 with the aim of promoting Portuguese music, such as fado, in Germany.

Very engaged in the portuguese community in Berlin, Pedro is the vice-president of Cultural Association 2314 e.V. In 2022 and 2023, together with some other young Portuguese, he led the organization of "Nem tudo é saudade: Portuguese Culture Fest Berlin", the biggest event so far for promotion of portuguese culture in the city, with around 3000 visitors.