António Quintino

Born in 1988, António Quintino was raised in a rather musical family, despite the fact there was no professional musicians in it. He taught himself to play the guitar and accordion which he played on occasion with his father. In 2004, Quintino started to play the electric bass at JB Jazz School, in Lisbon, with teachers Gustavo Roriz and Francesco Valente. The next year he decided to take up the acoustic bass, and studied with Yuri Daniel and Demian Cabaud. He later entered the Superior School of Music of Lisbon (ESML), studying with musicians such as Pedro Moreira, Nelson Cascais, Afonso Pais and Bernardo Moreira, and taking masterclasses from the likes of John Taylor, Lee Konitz, Dan Weiss and Ohad Talmor. Quintino represented his school in various occasions, particularly at the S.Luiz Jazz Fest where he was awarded with the Outstanding Musician Award in 2011. During this study he spent a period of time abroad, first at the Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musique et de Danse de Paris, having the privilege to work with such musicians as Fred Hersch, Billy Hart, Larry Grenadier, Anders Jormin, Riccardo Del Fra and Dre Pallemaerts, and later in New York City, where he had private lessons with Matt Penman, Joe Martin and Ian Froming. Through the years he has participated in numerous workshops and masterclasses, playing and learning with people such as Danilo Perez, Ben Street, Mulgrew Miller, Steve Nelson, Adam Cruz, Antonio Hart, Ulysses Owens, Rodney Green and Kengo Nakamura among others. In September 2011, along with trio colleagues Daniel Bernardes and Pedro Felgar, Quintino was awarded the 2nd Prize exaequo at the Young Musicians Competition at Casa da Música in Porto. On October 8th of the same year he saw his first big band piece “Tout n’est pas blanc et noir” be played by the Hot Clube Jazz Orchestra at the Great Hall of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation with the guest soloists Susana Santos Silva and João Mortágua, conducted by Pedro Moreira. In addition to his own ongoing projects , António Quintino is currently part of projects such as LA New Mainstream (with german trombonist Lars Arens), Paula Sousa Quartet, Daniel Bernardes Trio, Gonçalo Pratas' "Canta o Galo Gordo", Amélia Muge & Michales Lukovikas (Luso-greek music), Pedro Esteves, Janita Salomé, Cristiana Águas, José Salgueiro, José Peixoto, Joana Rios and the Hot Clube Jazz Orchestra. He has also worked and recorded with Maria João, Scott Reeves, Dan Weiss, Ohad Talmor, Mário Laginha, John Ellis, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, André Santos, Gianni Gagliardi, Manuel Paulo, Nancy Vieira, Christian Pabst, Franck Amsallem, Afonso Pais, João Moreira, Desidério Lázaro, Luís Figueiredo, Luís Madureira, Fernando Alvim, among others. Portuguese bass player and composer. www.antonioquintino.com Schertler Group Ambassador.