Henrique Fernandes

A graduate in double bass from Porto’s Superior School of Music and Performing Arts, Henrique Fernandes also developed in the areas of improvisation and experimental music alongside his classical training. He was one of the most dynamic figures driving the development of the Porto scene from the turn of the millennium, collaborating and playing with numerous improvisers and ensembles, such as Mécanosphère, Stealing Orchestra, Três Tristes Tigres, Estilhaços, John Zorn’s Cobra, Damo Suzuki, and Fritz Hauser. In recent years, his work has concentrated on building new instruments, and on creating sound works that he develops collectively with Sonoscopia, an association of which he is a founding member and with which he has performed in several European countries, as well as in South America and the United Arab Emirates. As an artist, he focuses on the sonic detail of objects and materials, developing works where sound is reinforced by a strong visual component.