João Barradas Email and Phone Number

João Barradas is one of the most reputable and widely acknowledged European accordionists, working simultaneously between classical music, jazz and improvised music. He has won some of the most prestigious international contests of which, among others, the World Accordion Trophy (CMA), which he has won twice, the Coupe Mondiale of Accordion (CIA), the International Castelfidardo Contest and the Okud Istra International Competition, stand out.  Barradas has played in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilarmonie Hamburg, Kolner Philarmonie, Philarmonie Luxembourg, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Casa da Música Porto, Philarmonie Paris, Konzerthaus Dortmund, L'Auditori Barcelona, Konserthuset Stockholm, Mupa Budapest, Sage Gasteshead, Festival d'Aix en Provence, Bozar Brussels, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, La Monnaie, Stuttgart Opera House, Sadlers's Wells Theatre London, Onassis Cultural Center Athens, L'Arsenal Metz, Sava Center Belgrade, Centro Cultural de Belém, Tribeca Performing Arts Center New York. He has premiered dozens of pieces written for him over the years and among composers who have dedicated works to him are Yann Robin, Tuomas Turriago, Nuno da Rocha, Dimitris Andrikopoulos and Jarmo Sermilä. Barradas is one of the most active musicians in Jazz accordion nowadays, his first album as leader with the New York label Inner Circle Music, "Directions", was praised highly by the critics all over the world and made to the  restrict Downbeat's Best Albums Of The Year. At the same time, he starts being noticed by some of the top names of American Jazz, such as Joe Lovano, Nicholas Payton, Randy Brecker, Lenny White or Walter Smith III and his name comes up at the most important national and international Jazz festivals and venues. As an outstanding improviser he has collaborated with various renowned musicians, namely Greg Osby, Mark Turner, Peter Evans, Aka Moon,  Mike Stern,  Gil Goldstein, Fabrizio Cassol, Mark Colenburg, Jacob Sacks, Miles Okasaki, Rufus Reid, Jerome Jennings, Stephanne Galland, Michel Hatzigeorgiou, among many others.  BBC Music magazine nominated Barradas as one of the current year's rising stars. João Barradas was nominated ECHO Rising Star 2019/2020 by the European Concert Hall Organization