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Mickael Luis is a Swiss-Portuguese guitarist and composer. He started his guitar studies with Alexandre Rodrigues at the Conservatoire Populaire de Genève, then his professional studies and obtained his Bachelor's degree in the class of Dagoberto Linhares at the Haute école de musique de Lausanne (HEMU). He continued his studies in the Netherlands by obtaining a Master's degree in the class of Johan Fostier (Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts) and a second Master's degree in pedagogy in Namur, Belgium (IMEP).
During his years of study, he had the opportunity to take masterclasses with several international guitarists and pedagogues such as Alvaro Pierri, Susanne Mebes, Joaquim Freire, Ricardo Gallén, Gaelle Solal, Rémy Jousselme, Marcin Dylla, Lorenzo Micheli, George Vassilev, Dusan Bogdanovic, Marco Socias or Luigi Attademo.
From 2018, he actively begins to compose for all types of instruments (with a preference for the guitar). Some compositions were written and inspired by pictorial art, contemporary dance, tap dance, based on the sense of smell or illustrated books for children.
Between 2019 and 2022, he won several prizes in international composition and classical guitar competitions in Greece, Germany, Georgia, Belarus, Russia, USA, Mexico and the Netherlands.