João Augusto Abreu

JOÃO is an European actor and musician, born in Funchal (Portugal). As an actor, JOÃO got his training and qualifications in Theater, TV and Film from Portuguese and foreign trainers, such as Nicolau Breyner, Patrícia Vasconcelos, Rui de Sá, Cristina Cavalinhos, Carlos Dante and Beatriz Flores Silva (Directing Actors for FILM and TV - "The American Method" - Stanislavski), and played several roles in international and national productions, for instance in TV (selected): "Une Famille Formidable" (TF1 - Télévision Française 1); "Santa Bárbara" (TVI), "Flor do Mar" (TVI); in Theater (selected): "Pavorosa Ciência de Ver" (CRIAMAR), "A New Year Extravaganza" (Directed by Stephen Adams), "The Show Must Go On" (Directed by Chris Dilley) and in Film (selected): "O Amuleto" (Directed by Nuno Bilber), "O Feiticeiro da Calheta" (Directed by Luís Jardim), "Cartas de Fora" (Directed by Luís Jardim), "REPRISAL, The Movie" (Directed by João Abreu), among others. As a musician JOÃO took his classical music graduation in "Conservatório - Escola Professional das Artes da Madeira, CEPAM", where he concluded the 8th year of musical training an also elected PIANO as his passionate musical instrument during those years 'till today. As a Pianist, João played several piano concerts, for instance in Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias (Madeira Island, Portugal) either as soloist or with chamber music, playing Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Händel, Diabeli, Hayder, Schumann compositions. Before his final graduation in classical music and in the 12 year old students category, he competed on a national wide event called "Portuguese Musical Youth" (Juventude Musical Portuguesa) where JOÃO got the 2nd prize with honors. In 2017 João composed an entire Original Motion Picture Score for the Portuguese long feature film "O Feiticeiro da Calheta" (by Luís Miguel Jardim) leading to his 1st CD launch in April 28th, 2018. Presently, João is established in Europe (Portugal, Spain and UK), Acting in long feature films, Performing on stage live Piano show's and Scoring OST's, as well Producing, Directing and Color-grading feature films, and plans to expand his career in the United States of America.