Biographical information is limited, because of a refusal to participate in "myth-making" associated with art production.
- Michael Mandiberg
Gilberto Bernardes is a music performer, professor and researcher. He holds a Ph.D. in digital media from the University of Porto (Portugal) under the UT Austin-Portugal Program, a master in music performance from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, a Bachelors in music performance from the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (Porto, Portugal), and a "Premier Prix" in saxophone and chamber music from the ENM d'Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Bernardes performs regularly across the globe. Of notice his presence at the Seoul International Computer Festival, New York University's NoiseGate Festival, Berklee College of Music (Boston, EUA), International Saxophone Week—with the premier of the saxophone transcription of "Dialogues de l'Ombre Double" by Pierre Boulez—, and the Gaudeamus Music Week. He also counts with several solo performances with orchestras, such as Gulbenkian Orchestra, Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, and Banda Municipal de A Coruña.
He is an assistant professor at the University of Porto and a senior researcher at INESC TEC. Gilberto does research in sound and music computing and his most recent work focus on cognitive-inspired tonal pitch spaces.
AWARDS
2017. Best demo award — International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research
2017. Best oral presentation at the Doctoral Congress in Engeneering (FEUP)
2014. Fraunhoufer Portugal Challenge — best PhD thesis
2014. 1st prize in the “CTM Researcher-Entrepreneur” competition
2012. 1º prémio no ZON Multimédia — Criação de Conteúdos e Aplicações Multimédia.
2007. Prémio Fundação Eng. de António de Almeida
2002. 1st prize in the Portuguese Radio and Television Prémio Jovens Músicos — saxophone soloist
1999. 1st prize "Concours Général de Musique et d’Arte Dramatique", Leopold-Bellan Foundation (França)
1999. 3rd in the Portuguese Radio and Television Prémio Jovens Músicos — chamber music