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 and Sander Teepen. 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, Johan de Meij, Wiecher Mandemaker, Luís Miguel Clemente, Joost Geevers, and Ronald Kieft. In composition, he has studied with renowned figures such as Hans Koolmees, Wim Hendrickx, Klaas de Vries, Peter-Jan Wagemans, Josué Amador, Dimitris Andrikopoulos, João Pedro Oliveira, Carlos Azevedo, and Pedro Santos, among others. 

In conducting, he's currently 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, Marcos Magalhães, Isabel Rubio, Frank de Groot and Samuel Tamarit Otero. In June of 2025 he made his debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, during a masterclass with Lawrence Foster and a public concert. In January of 2024 he made his debut at the Nationale Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam with the premiere of Massimiliano Vizzini's short opera "Goldilocks in Amsterdam", as part of the Opera Forwards Festival. He has also collaborated with OIHUA Ensemble, having conducted pieces by composers Saskia Venegas, Hans Koolmees, Friso van Wijck and Femke Sonnen. He regularly collaborates with the Laurens Kooracademie and with the Codarts Symphony Orchestra, having conducted works such as Haydn's The Creation, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture, and Anna Clynne's This Midnight Hour.

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 Bach Koor Holland, where he sang Bach's Matthew's Passion together with the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.