Paulo Gaspar

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Graduated in Clarinet at the Lisbon Superior School of Music, he pursued a Masters in Musical Arts at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and in 2011 concluded a PhD in Music and Musicology at the University of Évora.

He has taught at various conservatories and is often invited to perform clarinet and jazz introduction masterclasses.

He is currently a professor at the Luiz Villas-Boas School of Jazz (Hot Clube de Portugal), the Superior National Academy of Orchestra and the Superior School of Music in Lisbon.

Throughout his career he has developed a very diverse activity ranging from classical music to jazz. He has recorded and collaborated with important Portuguese musicians and several Brazilian classical and jazz orchestras.

He has been a soloist for the Banda da Armada since 1989 and a clarinetist for the Dixie Gang since 1991.

He is one of the founding elements of the Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble and is part of the Hot Clube de Portugal Jazz Orchestra.