Fábio Chicotio (b.1991, Portugal) started his musical studies in percussion at a philharmonic band in his hometown – Sociedade Filarmónica União Samorense. He continued studying at the Conservatório Regional de Artes do Montijo, Conservatório de Música da Metropolitana and Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (2017). Due to health reasons, Fábio did not graduate.
In 2021, he reenrolled ESML, this time on
the composition studies. Fábio had classes with Carlos Caires, Carlos Fernandes, Carlos Marecos, Jaime Reis, João Madureira, Nuno da Rocha, Roberto Perez, Sérgio Azevedo and, currently, with Vasco Mendonça. He also participated in masterclasses with Fábio de Sanctis Benedictis (2023), Flo Menezes (2022), Luigi Abbate (2022) and Valério Sannicandro (2022).
Fábio won the First Prize at the 12th Edition of the Nano Músicos Eletroacústicos (Portugal, 2023) with Clepsydra for Violin and Electronics and, the IVth International Composition Competition “Prof. Marin Goleminov – Michail Goleminov” (Bulgaria, 2024) with Forged Connections for Bass Clarinet and Electronics.
WORKS
Clepsydra | violin & electronics