Agostinho Sequeira | Percussion

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About Agostinho

‘There is a sense of magic in his performance, and absolute commitment.’ – TROMP International Percussion Competition

Agostinho Sequeira (1998) is making waves in the world of percussion. The multi-prize winner of TROMP 2020 – the world’s leading percussion competition – wholly absorbs the music and finds ways for audiences to experience the same. His performances carry a rare naturalness and purity, and he employs his physical presence as a tool, much as an actor or dancer would. In selected repertoire and improvisation, the ritualistic exploration of nuance, beauty and surprise of sound always takes centre stage.

Agostinho’s main focus is on the audience, developing his musical ideas from their perspective. Solo programmes with multi-percussion are centred around a theme to provide a sense of storytelling and create impact. Examples include Revolution 19 which explores the relationship between The Beatles and composers Cage, Stockhausen and Bach. In Touch is a performance about the connection between our social persona and our inner being. Agostinho has performed solo recital programmes at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Centro Cultural de Belém, IPEA Shanghai Percussion Festival, Bach Festival Dordrecht and Wonderfeel Festival, among others.

The social elements in Agostinho’s presentations come from his rich family background of Indian and Portuguese origin. These days, Agostinho takes inspiration from various types of music, from opera and bossa nova to Pink Floyd and trance.

First prize

Tromp Percussion Competition

Awards

As a soloist, Agostinho has performed with the Dutch Ballet Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra and Orquestra Metropolitana, among others. As a member, he has played with ensembles such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and HIIIT (Slagwerk Den Haag).

Agostinho is part of Toonzetters, a quartet of pianos and percussion presenting new music by Dutch and Dutch-based composers. They have performed extensively throughout the Netherlands including at Oranjewoud Festival and Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, having released their debut album in 2023.

Agostinho was the First Prize Winner and Young Musician of the Year in Portuguese Radio’s Prémio Jovens Músicos in 2016.

In 2024, at the age of 25, he was offered a teaching position at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, focusing on Solo Multi-percussion.

‘Art invites us to think about ourselves and our actions towards the ones around us. We are all living drums sharing resonance.’ – Agostinho Sequeira

About Agostinho Sequeira at the 50th TROMP International Percussion Competition 2020:

‘There is a sense of magic in his performance, and absolute commitment.’ – From the Jury Report

‘In Igor C. Silva’s Your Trash!, Agostinho managed to combine humour with virtuosity and an infectious groove. He performed Judd Greenstein’s Move Like This magisterially. The composer had left it up to the finalists which set-up they would put together to perform the piece. Sequeira’s woodblocks, gongs, toms, and vibraphone brought clarity to the piece, and the phrases with glockenspiel gave lightness to Asko|Schönberg’s performance of the composition.’ – Slagwerkkrant

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