A current Britten Pears Young Artist for the years of 22/23 with several future appearances at the Aldeburgh Festival 2023, Tiago Soares Silva has performed in several countries throughout Europe as a chamber musician, a soloist and an orchestral member. Tiago has been a prizewinner in several national and international competitions and festivals, such as Guimarães International Violin Competition (2nd prize), Paços Premium International Competition (2nd prize), “Elisa de Sousa Pedroso” Luso-Galician Prize (1st prize), Vasco Barbosa National String Competition (3rd Prize), Classical Summer Festival, Lisbon (2nd prize), and the Peter de Grote Festival, Groningen (Honorary Award for Outstanding Musicianship).

As a chamber musician, Tiago has recently performed at the Royal Academy of Music’s Bicentennial Gala concert at the Wigmore Hall, interpreting Mendelssohn’s Octet alongside James Ehnes, Jack Liebeck, Jo Knight and fellow RAM students. Tiago is also a member of the “97 Ensemble”, which aims to raise awareness towards female sexual harassment, and recently had its Royal Albert Hall debut.
During the Covid-19 lockdown, Tiago founded the FAMART Cultural Association in Portugal. This association has as its primary goals changing the cultural aspect of the rural regions in Portugal, while creating more performance opportunities for Portuguese musicians, and connecting Portugal to a more international platform of music making. During the past year, FAMART has organized the Cidnay International Masterclass Series with Maté Szucks and Esther Haffner, several concerts throughout the country, masterclasses for young children, professional recordings, among others.

Academically, Tiago has been a recipient of several prizes due to his achievements, such as the Santander Totta’s Excellence Prize 17/18, the Doctor Manuela Carvalho Prize and the “Padre Simão Rodrigues” Foundation Prize. Tiago is also a recipient of the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award and the Stephen Bell Charitable Trust Award.

Tiago Soares Silva is a current postgraduate student of Hu Kun and scholarship holder at the Royal Academy of Music, and a graduate of the Royal College of Music, on which he studied with Natalia Lomeiko, and graduated with a First Class Honours.