Mário Marques

Saxophone

Participated in the following editions: 2024 ¤ 2019

Mário Dinis Marques was born in 1972 in the city of Alcobaça. He studied saxophone at the Lisbon Music Conservatory. In 2002, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Saxophone at the Lisbon School of Music, and in 2015 he obtained his PhD from the University of Évora.

He has regularly performed as a soloist with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Porto, the Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon, and the Algarve Orchestra.

As a soloist, he has performed with the Orquestra das Beiras, playing Bob Mintzer’s “Concertino for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra”; with the Portuguese Symphonic Band, premiering Luís Cardoso’s “Double Concertino for Tenor Saxophone, Tuba and Symphonic Band”; with the PSP Symphonic Band; with the Portuguese Navy Band, performing Mike Mower’s “Concerto for Saxophone and Symphonic Band”; with Sinfonieta de Lisboa, performing “Concerto for Stan Getz” by R. R. Bennett; and with the Banda Sinfónica de Alcobaça.

He has collaborated in various television programs and musical theatre productions and has recorded with several Portuguese groups, including The Gift, Silence 4, Deolinda, Bernardo Sassetti, and “Amália Hoje”, among others.

His personal projects include the groups Tubax, Rondó da Carpideira, The Postcard Brass Band, and the saxophone quartet Saxofínia. In addition to performing, he is involved in music production and recording with these ensembles, earning the recognition of numerous composers such as Daniel Bernardes, Eurico Carrapatoso, Bernardo Sassetti, Christopher Bochmann, Jon Hansen, Luís Cardoso, Luís Pena, Howie Smith, Petri Keskitalo, Jerry Grant, Jim Self, and Mike Fitzpatrick, among others.

He was artist-in-residence at the Cine-Teatro de Alcobaça in 2008, where he presented the projects “Zoom In – The Music of Daniel Schnyder” and “Music of Anders Paulsson” for soprano saxophone, mixed choir, and organ.

A multifaceted musician and producer of numerous recordings, he has applied this experience to the study of musical interpretation and performance practice within crossover language, presenting papers at various conferences. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Évora, where he also serves as Deputy Head of the Department.