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Overview

  • 9 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning German
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Well, most of the time practicing piano...
  • Taking a Bachelor's Degree on Artistic Performance - Piano
  • From V.N.Famalicão, Portugal
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Find professional excuses to travel.

ABOUT ME

I see myself as a cheerful person that has a balanced amount of a musician's craziness and the consciousness of a regular person, that enjoys both alone moments and those with friends. But guess what, never wrote a biography before!

Things he likes: the warm smell of wet road on the first autumn rains, the sense of freedom that comes from catching rain, the cold sensation on the neck in the first sea dive of the year, to feel the wind on the neck when sitting on the back of a convertible, to feel the arms breathing when wearing a t-shirt for the first time that year, the sound of the wind on the tree leaves, to sense the sepulchral silence of the audience while playing on stage, the way the lights hit the ivory keyboard differently before and on concert, the dull realisation of noticing a small thing for the first time although it has always been there, the five seconds insight moments that sometimes happen and that lead you to realise that life is not all about your belly.

Things he doesn’t like: cats (they give me serious allergies)

PHILOSOPHY

Discovering meditation at the moment

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only hosted so far, but it has been great. It's like getting to know the world without leaving home.

Interests

As a musician I basically enjoy to attend all kind of artistic events (concerts, exhibitions, plays, movies...)
Apart from the artistic-geek activities, I enjoy everything that is related to having friends, those late night talks, the parties, the study marathons at school, the beach getaways...

  • cats
  • concerts
  • meditation
  • partying
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • skiing
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Obviously classical Music, but also Alternative Music, Pop, Rock when the mood calls for it! Way too much opinions on this topic...

Movies: "Big Fish" (Tim Burton), "Amarcord" (Fellini), "In the mood for love" (Wong Kar-wai), "The hours (Stephen Daldry)

Books: "White nights" (Dostoyevsky)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Caribbean Sea.
To ski on top of the Pyrenees.
To ear the pianist Grigory Sokolov playing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn = It is never too much!

Share = My experiences as a musician

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal

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