José Teixeira

Born in Portugal, José Teixeira started his musical studies with 9 years old, in his home town Konservatorium of Maia, near Porto, which took him to ARTAVE. In 2015, he was admitted in the Haute École de Musique de Genève where he attended bachelor and master courses with professor Bruno Schneider. Simultaneously, he was playing with the Portuguese Youth Orchestra, the Schweizer Jugend-Sinfonie-Orchester and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

In 2019, after spending one season as pratikant in Berner Sinfonieorchester, José became a member of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester the year after.

In other professional experiences, José played as substitute with ensembles such as Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Neue Philharmonie Westfallen, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Berner Symphonieorchester, Camerata Schweiz, Sinfonieorchester Basel and Tonhalle-Zürich Orchester. He has also played with Orquestra XXI, MuCH Ensemble and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.