Nuno Carapina

Portuguese classical violinist, born 1981 in Aveiro, Portugal. He studied at the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra in Lisbon and then at the Royal Academy of Music. After graduating with Distinction, he went on to win two positions in Portuguese orchestras before moving back to the UK, where he was a member of Southbank Sinfonia's 2013 programme. Nuno went on to enjoy a successful freelancing career, performing with many of the UK's top orchestras before joining the first violin section at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. He spent one year in Liverpool before he moved back to London to become a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra as 2nd Violin. Nuno is a member of the Pythagoras Ensemble, the Young Virtuosi and a founding member of the Carapina Trio.