A b o u t
I am a luthier building string and percussion instruments. I do repairs and maintenance work on all kinds of instruments.
For more information go to the Luthiery page.
I am a musician specialized in world music and folkloric music. My main focus is on brazilian music.
For more information go to the Music page.
I live and work in Lisbon, Portugal.
For more information go to the Contact page.
I began playing drums at the age of 9, but I seriously got into music when I fell in love with the electric guitar at the age of 15. At 19 I wanted to become a trumpet player. I picked up the cavaquinho in year 2000, together with brazilian percussion, the same year I enrolled in a school of luthiery in Ikaalinen, Finland.
After graduating as an Artesan of Luthiery I took part in building a wooden ship, Österstjärnan. After this one year course I set out to work professionally with wooden boats. Three years of woodworking took me from building interiors of boats through restoring historical wooden villas to making furniture for hotels. At the same time I continued playing brazilian music and became ever more busy with it.
In 2006 I entered the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki to study Folk Music. After three years of studies I took a year of exchange at the World Music Academy of Codarts in Rotterdam. I finished my Bachelor during that time and decided to stay in Rotterdam, where I lived for four years.
In 2012 I continued my passion for building instruments and I produced a small series of cavaquinhos. Since then I have a small workshop where magic continues to happen.
In the autumn of 2013 I moved to Lisbon, Portugal. I am currently active within the music scene with groups such as Choros Limoneros, Choro Pa Ti and Misturimanda.
"Making and playing musical instruments are essential to my life. There is not one without the other. The focus is different for each activity and this keeps the mind fresh and ready."