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Vasco is artist director of the Music Series Festivals, including Algarve Music Series, Sezim Music Series and Piano Concerto Festival. He has been awarded over 50 prizes and distinctions in international competitions, including: GianClaudio Chiais International Prize (Rome), Grand Prix at Valletta International Piano Competition (Malta), Prix Sp\u00e9cial at Concours International de Piano SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem (Morroco), 3rd Prize at M\u00fcnster Steinway & Sons Piano Competition, Travel-Scholarship to Bayreuther Festspiele 2016 by Richard Wagner Foundation, Golden Medal of Merit (Matosinhos city, Portugal), Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Eng. Ant\u00f3nio de Almeida Prize, Best Portuguese Prize (Viseu International Competition), Esther Fisher Prize (2013 best undergraduate of London RCM), Antena 2 Prize (Portuguese National Radio), Henry Wood Trust Prize (2011 & 2012), Casa da M\u00fasica Prize 2009, and the following 1st Prizes: Porto International Competition Santa Cec\u00edlia, Estoril Lisbon Competition, R\u00eda de Vigo International Piano Competition, Alto Minho International Piano Competition, Fundao International Piano Competition, the Florinda Santos International Piano Competition, Maestro Ivo Cruz Chamber Music Competition.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2022, he made his solo debut at the Theatre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es (Paris) with the Orquestra Filarm\u00f3nica Portuguesa. In 2019 Vasco made his Carnegie Hall piano recital debut, in New York. In 2017 Vasco made his Russian debut performing with Kremlin Chamber Orchestra at Grand Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2016 he made his German orchestra debut performing with both J\u00fclich Sinfonieorchester and Junges Sinfonieorchester Aachen. In 2015 he had his Asia debut, playing with Hong Kong Symphonia at City Hall Concert Hall; In 2014 he had his American debut playing with Orquestra Sinf\u00f3nica Esp\u00edrito Santo in Vit\u00f3ria \u2013 Brazil; In 2013 Vasco made his Portuguese orchestra debut with Porto Symphony Orchestra (Casa da M\u00fasica); In 2011 Vasco made his piano recital debut at Sala Suggia of Porto Casa da M\u00fasica, opening the EDP Piano Cycle 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n He has also performed solo with orchestras including Cl\u00e1ssica da Madeira, Cl\u00e1ssica do Centro, Cl\u00e1ssica do Sul, Festival de M\u00fasica J\u00fanior, Filarm\u00f3nica Portuguesa, Filarm\u00f3nica das Beiras, Gulbenkian, Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa, Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra Promenade, Sem Fronteiras, Sinf\u00f3nica de Cascais, Sinf\u00f3nica Portuguesa, and has worked with well-known conductors, such as, Choi Sown Le, Daniel Cohen, Dinis Sousa, G\u00fcnter Neuhold, Jan Wierzba, Joshua dos Santos, Martim Sousa Tavares, Martin Andr\u00e9, Misha Rachlevsky, Nicholas Kok, Nikolay Lalov, Nuno Coelho, Osvaldo Ferreira, Pedro Carneiro, Pedro Neves, Peter Sauerwein, Rui Pinheiro, Vassily Sinaisky e Victor Hugo Toro.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall (Small Hall)<\/p>\n Saturday, November 29, 2025. <\/p>\n VASCO DANTAS, piano<\/p>\n SRETEN KRSTI\u0106, artistic director<\/p>\n L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58<\/p>\n W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136\/125a<\/p>\n A. Dvo\u0159\u00e1k: Terzetto in C major, Op. 74 (arr. Ch. Harmon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,120],"tags":[148,157],"class_list":["post-6654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-current-season","tag-vatroslav-lisinski-concert-hall","tag-zagreb-soloists"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zagrebacki-solisti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vasco-3-e1749548374426.jpg\")
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