Bruno Vicente
Conductor | Composer

Bruno Vicente is a Portuguese conductor and composer, born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, and currently residing in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studies at Codarts Rotterdam, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in orchestral conducting under the guidance of Hans Leenders, Sander Teepen and Wiecher Mandemaker. Before that he also completed a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in composition, at Codarts and ESMAE in Porto, Portugal, respectively. In conducting he had classes with names such as Lawrence Foster, Arie van Beek, Karel Deseure, Baldur Brönnimann, and Jean-Marc Burfin. In composition, he has studied with renowned figures such as Hans Koolmees, Klaas de Vries, Wim Hendrickx, Peter-Jan Wagemans and Dimitris Andrikopoulos, among others.

In conducting, he was assistant conductor of Pedro Carneiro with the Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa and the Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa. He has also assisted conductors such as Richard Egarr, Arie van Beek and Marcos Magalhães. In March of 2026 he will take part in the Critical Orchestra, organized by Forum Dirigieren. In June of 2025 he conducted the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, during a masterclass with Lawrence Foster and a public concert, and in Februrary of 2026 he conducted Orquestra do Norte after a masterclass with Jean-Marc Burfin. In January of 2024 he conducted at the Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam with the premiere of Massimiliano Vizzini's short opera "Goldilocks in Amsterdam", as part of the Opera Forward Festival. He has also collaborated with OIHUA Ensemble, Delfts Symphonie Orkest, Flehite Sinfonietta, Laurens Kooracademie and Codarts Symphony Orchestra.

As a composer, in 2023, he was one of the finalists for the Stipendium prize of the Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, having his work “Harmony of the Spheres” performed by this orchestra at the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The same composition also won the 1st prize in the 2nd edition of the ABC...Compositores! competition at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and was premiered in March 2023 by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, having also been edited and published by AvA Editions. He has also collaborated with other ensembles such as Sinfonia Rotterdam, Harmonix Orchestra, Delfts Symphonie Orkest, Coro Do Círculo Cultural Scalabitano, Opus 111 Ensemble, and wrote music for radiotheater plays broadcast on Antena 2, Portugal.

Bruno is also active as a choral singer, having sung with the Laurenscantorij and Laurens Symfonisch choirs in Rotterdam, where he has performed together with orchestras such as the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and the Residentie Orkest, and is an active member of the Bachkoor Holland, where he sang Bach's Matthew's Passion together with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.