Nuno Silva is a professional musician from Porto, Portugal, playing ethnic string instruments, mainly Persian santur, oud and kanun.
Having started his musical education deeply embedded in western culture, since 2010 he has been embracing the tradition of makam music as his main influence. Self-taught for most of his career, throughout the years he had the opportunity of studying with great masters which include Ali Bahramifard (Persian santur), Efren Lopez Sanz (oud), Gürsel Torun (oud), Tareq Jundi (oud), Muhittin Kemal (kanun), among others.
Currently, he collaborates with local and international music projects focused on diverse music genres such world, medieval, movie/game soundtracks, and pursues a solo career as session musician and producer.
ACADEMIC
- ♦ 2001-03 Production and Music Technologies, ESMAE, IPP
- ♦ 2006-09 Computer Science Bachelor Degree, Universidade Minho
- ♦ 2010-12 Computer Science Masters Degree, Universidade Porto
LEARNING
- ♦ 1994-98 Classic Guitar lessons
- ♦ 1998-01 Music Theory, Piano lessons, Escola Jazz do Porto
- ♦ 2008-11 Bağlama, Oud lessons
- ♦ Oct 2013 Workshop, Introduction to modal music, Efren Lopez
- ♦ 2014-15 Digital Signal Processing Online Course, Coursera
- ♦ 2015-16 Online Oud Lessons, Nizar Rohana
- ♦ May 2016 Workshop, Composition in Modal Music, Ross Daly
- ♦ Nov 2016 Workshop, Oud and Baglama, Efren Lopez
- ♦ Jan 2020 Persian Santur lessons, Ali Bahramifard, Rahe Santour Academy
- ♦ Mar 2020 Oud lessons, Gursel Torun
- ♦ Mar 2020 Makam Repertoire lessons, Serap Caçlayan, Besiktas Atoyle
- ♦ Jan 2022 Kanun lessons, Haleem AlKhatib, Music Masters Amman
- ♦ Jan 2023 Kanun lessons, Rula Bargouthi, Crescendo Music Academy
- ♦ Jan 2023 Oud lessons, Tarek Jundi
- ♦ 2025- -- Online Kanun lessons, Muhittin Kemal
ACTIVITIES
- ♦ 1999 Performace in musical projects
- ♦ 2016-17 Production and release of "Espiral" Solo Album
- ♦ 2017-24 Direction member of ALPAD - Luso-Persian Cultural Association
- ♦ 2022- -- Resident Musiversal recording musician
- ♦ 2024-25 Production and release of "Well of the Aether" Soundtrack Album
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- ♦ 2017 Efren Lopez Trio, Teruel Spain
- ♦ 2018 South UK tour with Meridianum Ensemble
- ♦ 2021 Medieval Music in the Dales Festival, UK, with Woodwose
- ♦ 2022 Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Lord of the Rings movie screening with live musical soundtrack, Hammered Dulcimer
- ♦ 2025 Sevilla Symphony Orchestra, Lord of the Rings movie screening with live musical soundtrack, Hammered Dulcimer