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Ricardo Pinto is a pianist/composer from Porto (Portugal), born in 1990. Currently studying Jazz at ESMAE (local University of Music and Performing Arts), he has studied with the following people, among others: Abe Rábade, Alexandrina Pinto, Adam Birnbaum, Adam Cruz, Andy Milne, Ben Street, Carlos Azevedo, Carlos Barretto, Dan Weiss, Daniel Moreira, Danilo Perez, Diogo Vida, Drew Gress, Elísa Moutinho, Fernando Lima, Filipe Lopes, Filipe Pinto, Greg Osby, Greg Ritchie, Jacob Sacks, Jan Wierzba, Joana Castro, João Dias, João Salcedo, John Davis, John Escreet, Jorge Rossy, Joseph Lepore, Lars Dietrich, Luís Dias, Manuel Marques, Maria João Castro, Mário Azevedo, Mário Santos, Mark Ferber, Matt Pavolka, Michael Lauren, Nir Felder, Nuno Ferreira, Octávio Inácio, Ohad Talmor, Óscar Graça, Paulo Perfeito, Pedro Guedes, Ralph Alessi, Rogério Boccato, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samir Zarif, Samuel Quinto, Sara Serpa, Serghei Covalenco, Sérgio Silva, Tony Malaby, Vanessa Meireles, Vani Campos, Zack Lober. Nowadays, Ricardo is working mostly with his trio, Jilaba (with Sérgio Tavares on double-bass and Alexandre Coelho on drums) and a quartet, Vulgar Maníaco (the same trio with saxofonist Fabio Almeida). He's also a member of Sara Miguel Quarteto and Filipe Monteiro Electric Band. Since 2006, Ricardo Pinto works with ENSEMBLE - SOCIEDADE DE ACTORES as a musician, composer, producer and designer. He currently teaches Classical & Jazz Piano at Maiorff (Maia, Portugal) and at Instituto de Música Clube Literário do Porto (Porto, Portugal).