Tiago António Luís Henriques

I started playing cello when I was 9 years old in the “Academia de Musica de Óbidos” with the teacher Tiago Vila. In 2018, I joined the “Escola Profissional Metropolitana”, in Lisbon, studying cello with Ana Cláudia Serrão. In 2021 I started my bachelor in the class of Michel Strauss and Jan-Ype Nota in the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Netherlands.

I have participated in several Masterclasses, in solo and chamber music with Catherine Strynckx, Luis Sá Pessoa, Kyril Zlotnikov, Filipe Quaresma, Jed Barahal, Paulo Gaio Lima, Maria de Macedo, Hugo Paiva, Thomas Carroll, Jorge Alves, Michel Strauss, Jan-Ype Nota, Petr Prause, Patrick Jüdt, Denis Prosaev, Peter Brunt as well as masterclasses from the members of the Cuarteto Casals. I also had lessons from:Roger Regter, Ernestine Stoop, Sylvain Blassel, Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, Janet Krause.

Regarding orchestra playing, I have experience since high school, I have also played with the “Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa”, “Orquestra Académica Filármonica Portuguesa”, and “Nationaal Jeugdorkest”, which led me to work with conductors such as José Eduardo Poças Gomes, Henri Christofer Aavik, Ivan Meylemans, Leonard Evers and Kjell Seim.

In 2019 I received an honourable mention in Fundão International Competion. In 2021, I won the 1st prize in the Amac Vecchi-Costa competition, which led me to my first solo performance outside the school context. With Duo Tiaire, in 2024, we received the 2nd prize in the ensemble category in the Rosa Spier Harp Concours. 1st prize in the Prinses Christina Concours Regio Finale and 2nd prize in the Nationale Finale.

I spend a lot of time working in chamber music with my two chamber music groups:

With the string quartet: “Mesdag Quartet”, we have been working with the guidance of Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir and Janet Krause and have done masterclasses, mainly with the Cuarteto Casals, as well as with teachers from the ECMA.

With the Duo Tiaire, we have been working under the guidance of Roger Regter and Ernestine Stoop. We are exploring new repertoire as well as arranging repertoire for cello and harp.

Besides the regular studies, I am also exploring my recently discovered passion for teaching, by doing a minor in education under the guidance of Wiesje van Eersel. Also, I have an interest in exploring new music, which led me to have history of contemporary music composition subject.

The NMF cello from Daniël Royé has been very important for my development as a cellist and to explore new sound.