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João Diogo Rosas Leitão was born in 6th February 1990 in Gondomar, Portugal. Started his guitar studies with Cristina Bacelar at the age of 10 at Academia de Música de Gondomar. In 2005 began his classic guitar studies with Hugo Sanches at Curso de Música Silva Monteiro.
In the last years attended master classes with José Pina, Dejan Ivanovich, Carlo Marchione, Hubert Kappel, Marco Sócias, Margarita Escarpa e Xue Fei Yang. Also participated on some national guitar competitions where it points out:

2006

1st Prize ex-aequo in III Concurso Juvenil de Guitarra Clássica de Ourém (Escalão D)
1st Prize in Concurso Santa Cecília (Categoria C)
2nd Prize in II Concurso de Guitarra do Conservatório de Música do Porto (Nível II)

2007

1st Prize in IV Concurso Nacional de Guitarra de Ourém (Escalão E)
1st Prize in Concurso Santa Cecília (Categoria B)
2nd Prize in VI Concurso de Guitarra de São João da Madeira (Categoria C)
2nd Prize ex-aequo in Concurso Internacional Cidade do Fundão (Nível V)

2008

1st Prize in II Concurso Luso-Espanhol de Fafe (Nível V)


From the public presentations are to mention the presence in Room 2 of Casa da Música in a concert for charity to the League of Friends of the Hospital de Santo Antonio and in the noble hall of the Hospital Militar do Porto in the celebrations of 145 years of it.
He is currently completing 8th degree of classical guitar in the Curso de Música Silva Monteiro and 12º year in Escola Secundaria de Gondomar, where he frequents the course of economic sciences