Luís Tinoco (b.1969) graduated at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. Later, in the UK, he completed a MMus at the Royal Academy of Music, in London, and a PhD at the University of York.
Since 2000 he has worked as a freelance author and producer of new music radio programmes for the Antena 2 / RTP. For this same radio station, Tinoco is the artistic director of the Young Musicians Prize and Festival. He lectures at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa.
Tinoco’s catalogue includes works for chamber, orchestra and stage music. His works have been commissioned and / or performed by the leading Portuguese orchestras (such as, Gulbenkian, Casa da Música, Portuguese Symphony, Lisbon Metropolitan), as well by International orchestras, such as London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre de Radio France, Seattle Symphony, Albany Symphony NY, São Paulo Symphony / OSESP, among other.
Tinoco’s music is published by the University of York Music Press and Artway and is available on portrait recordings issued by the Artway Next, Odradek, Naxos and Lorelt labels.
Since 2016 he has been an “Associate of the Royal Academy of Music” (ARAM) and in 2024 he was the recipient of the “Prémio Pessoa”, a prestigious award that recognizes the outstanding activity of Portuguese individuals in the country’s cultural and scientific sphere.
Member of the Board of Judges – Concorso 2 Agosto, 2025 Edition
