Chico Bastos is a Luso-Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and researcher based in Porto. He holds a Master's degree in Sound Design from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and a degree in Music from the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP). He is currently a doctoral candidate in Artistic Creation at the University of Aveiro - DeCA and a researcher at INET-md, with a grant from FCT, where he develops artistic research around the tenor guitar in contemporary contexts, exploring interdisciplinary practices, live electronics, and new performative approaches.

He studied harmony, composition, and arrangement with Rufo Herrera, Ian Guest, Cristóvão Bastos, Luciana Rabello, and Toninho Carrasqueira, among others. He won the III Young Instrumentalist Award - BDMG (2004) and was a finalist at BDMG Instrumental in 2011 and 2016.

He was coordinator of the Municipal School of Music of Rio Acima (2008–2012), professor of popular strings at the "Zé Fuzil" Music School (2007–2015), at the Guilhermina Suggia Music School (2021–2023), and at Associação Espaço T (2022–2024). He is a founding musician and president of Associação Urubatã – Clube do Choro Porto, which promotes weekly choro sessions, concerts, and exchanges between Brazilian and Portuguese musicians, contributing to the dissemination and renewal of choro in Europe.

Through Associação Urubatã, he has secured project approvals from DGArtes, Ibermúsica, and CCDRN. Notable projects include "Choro Latino" (2025–present), supported by DGArtes, and "Sonoro ~ Mar" (2024), a partnership with singer Patrícia Lestre, released by Tradisom, resulting in an album and live performances.

As a composer, he produced the soundtrack for the play "Sonho de uma noite de São João" (2010), was music producer for the CD "Samba da Roça" (2011), and recorded "Era uma Vez um Carnaval" with the group Candonguêro (2018). In 2024, he released his first solo album, "Chico Bastos e as Ressonâncias do Violão Tenor," sponsored by Correios do Brasil through the Lei Rouanet.

Recognized for his versatility and innovation in arrangements that dialogue with popular, classical, and contemporary music, he frequently collaborates with musicians from different fields, expanding the horizons of choro and placing it in new artistic and geographic contexts. In addition to his artistic work, he works as an educator and music producer and is president of Associação Cultural Urubatã.

Chico Bastos is a Luso-Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and researcher based in Porto. He holds a Master's degree in Sound Design from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and a degree in Music from the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP). He is currently a doctoral candidate in Artistic Creation at the University of Aveiro – DeCA and a researcher at INET-md, with a grant from FCT, where he develops artistic research around the tenor guitar in contemporary contexts, exploring interdisciplinary practices, live electronics, and new performative approaches.He studied harmony, composition, and arrangement with Rufo Herrera, Ian Guest, Cristóvão Bastos, Luciana Rabello, and Toninho Carrasqueira, among others. He won the III Young Instrumentalist Award – BDMG (2004) and was a finalist at BDMG Instrumental in 2011 and 2016.He was coordinator of the Municipal School of Music of Rio Acima (2008–2012), professor of popular strings at the "Zé Fuzil" Music School (2007–2015), at the Guilhermina Suggia Music School (2021–2023), and at Associação Espaço T (2022–2024). He is a founding musician and president of Associação Urubatã – Clube do Choro Porto, which promotes weekly choro sessions, concerts, and exchanges between Brazilian and Portuguese musicians, contributing to the dissemination and renewal of choro in Europe.Through Associação Urubatã, he has secured project approvals from DGArtes, Ibermúsica, and CCDRN. Notable projects include *Choro Latino* (2025–present), supported by DGArtes, and *Sonoro ~ Mar* (2024), a partnership with singer Patrícia Lestre, released by Tradisom, resulting in an album and live performances.As a composer, he produced the soundtrack for the play *"Sonho de uma noite de São João"* (2010), was music producer for the CD *"Samba da Roça"* (2011), and recorded *"Era uma Vez um Carnaval"* with the group Candonguêro (2018). In 2024, he released his first solo album, *"Chico Bastos e as Ressonâncias do Violão Tenor,"* sponsored by Correios do Brasil through the Lei Rouanet.Recognized for his versatility and innovation in arrangements that dialogue with popular, classical, and contemporary music, he frequently collaborates with musicians from different fields, expanding the horizons of choro and placing it in new artistic and geographic contexts. In addition to his artistic work, he works as an educator and music producer and is president of Associação Cultural Urubatã.