Jazz Musician,Composer-guitar and piano

Studied in the school of jazz of the Hot Club of Portugal  (1981-1985). He studied 4 years of classical  piano and completed 6º year of musical education in the National Conservatory in 1984.

Studied in U.S.A. five years between  1986 and 1990, in Boston (Berklee School )and in NY (New School of Social Research- Jazz Program).He held scholarships on both schools . During this period, he  gave priority to study intensively with great musicians of jazz, being the main mentors Lee Konitz, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, and Karl Berger, besides having studied with John Scofield, Ken Werner, Attila Zoller, Ted Dunbar, Harold Danko, Mark Helias and Hal Galper.

While in school, he was colleague in the same ensemble with  Brad Mehldau,Chris Potter,Roy Hargrove,Peter Bernstein,Larry Goldings, Christopher Holliday…He has been growing up with this generation!!

As  a Composer he studied intensively  in  U.S.A. (1987-1990) with Aydin Esen, Ken Werner, Anthony Davis and Karl Berger. He composes since 1986, having already compose  more than 350 compositions for its groups and innumerable parts for different arts, videos, surrounding music, choreographies, etc. Currently he writes music under order for dance, video.

He played in ” jam session ” with Arnie Lawrence, Jimmy Cobb, Karl Berger, Andy Gonzalez, Roy Hargrove, Kenwood Dennard, Steve Laspina, Gil Goldstein, Victor Jones, Michael Carvin, Badal Roy, Hal Galper, Edward Simon, Peter Bernstein, Brad Meldhau and Joe Lovano, among others.

In its activity in Portugal, he is professor in the school of Jazz of the Hot Club of Portugal since 1990 where he teaches  disciplines like Harmony,Guitar ,Theory of Gamalataki(rhythm method based on Indian music) Intervallic system of soloing based on the books of Nicolas Slonimsky and Jerry bergonzi,Composition and advanced Harmony, The ‘art of trio’.
He played  in diverse concerts: with Karl Berger in the Festival de Jazz of Lisbon 1990, and with Lee Konitz in the Hot Club in April of 1991. With his projects ” Pedro Madaleno Grupo ” and ” Pedro Madaleno Trio ” has been performing  in concerts for all the country, among which : Mostra de Tendências de Portuguese Art in the Picoas Forum in 1991, Festival de Loures 1991, Party of Avante 1991, Meeting Acarte 1992, Festival de Jazz de Alcobaça 1993, Cultural Center of Belem (a concert for month of Abril 1993 October 1995), Hot Club of Portugal (more than 50 concerts), III Festival of Classical Guitar of Aveiro in 1996, Portuguese Society of Authors in 1994. He also  participated in diverse concerts with the brothers Moreira (Portugal, Madeira and Açores), with saxofonist Carlos Martins (Portugal, Angola) with the trompetista Laurent Filipe (Madeira, Porto,China, Palmela, Mother d’Agua - Lisbon, Festival de Jazz of Faro1993 and other cities  and also Pedro Abrunhosa (some concerts in 1990/91). In some of these events he was also professor in workshops  given for the local  musicians. To point out that ” Pedro Madaleno Grupo ” was the group of jazz chosen by the Secretary of State of the Culture in 1995 to carry through project Itinerâncias- one tournée of some concerts for the Açores and Alentejo.

In 2002, he was comissioned to write a piece of music to present  it at  the 12th Jazz Festival of Porto.The concert was considered the best concert of year in Portugal,with a portuguese musician , at the site www.jazzportugal.net, the most famous internet site in Portugal.
CD’s under his leader ship:’’Fast Living’’, ‘’Earth Talk’’’’Sound of Places’’ and ‘’UNderpressure’’

‘’Earth Talk’’ was considered also’’ A step forward in the Jazz made in Portugal’’

Recent concerts : A,zoren Islands, Madeira, Angola, China

He plays regurlarly in Germany,with concerts in Koln-StadtGarden,Hamburg-Birdland,Leverkusen Jazztage Festival 2004,etc…