André Cruz

André was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1988. He began his piano studies at the age of five until he was nine. Since then, he devoted his time to choirs. At the age of seventeen, he started conducting the Staccato Ensemble vocal group and, since 2007, became a member of the Lisboa Cantat Symphonic Choir. At the age of eighteen, he started the Singing course at the National Conservatory Music School in Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2011, became a member of the Lisboa Cantat Chamber Choir and also a member of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Choir. Academically he has performed also in Interpretation Masterclasses with the conductor Armando Vidal and João Paulo Santos and in Kurt Thomas Course (conducting course) as soloist. In 2014, André was a member of Meesters & Gezellen and Tenso Europe Chamber Choir unde guidance of Kaspars Putniņš. 
Currently, Andre is studying Choir Conducting with Rob Vermeulen and Singing with Jón Þorsteinsson at Utrecht’s Conservatory. At the same time he's a constant member of EuropaChorAkademie. 
In Germany works as vocal coach in cooperation with Prof. Joshard Daus in his Brahms Chor, besides giving choir classes at the Musikschule Bremen. During his conducting studies has already presented a project from scratch, the première of the Portuguese Opera "A Vingança da Cigana".

Repertoire
‘Gloria’ by F. Poulenc
‘Carmina Burana’ by C. Orff
‘Symphony No. 9’ by L. Beethoven
‘Choral Fantasy’ by L. Beethoven (Tenor Solo)
‘Die Schöpfung’ by J. Haydn
‘Die Jahreszeiten’ by J. Haydn
‘Theresianmesse’ by J. Haydn
‘Requiem’ by G. Fauré
‘Requiem à memória de Passos Manuel’ by E. Carrapatoso
‘Cantata para un Silencio’ by D. Schvetz (World Première)
‘Kyrie’ (KV 341) by W. A. Mozart

‘Missa a 3 voci’ by L. Perosi (Tenor Solo)

​‘L'Elisir d'Amore’ by G. Donizetti
‘Coronation Mass’ by W. A. Mozart
‘Drei Pintos’ by C. M. Webber/G. Mahler
‘Symphony No. 2’ by G. Mahler
‘Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ’ by MacMillan
‘Psalm CL’ by E. Carrapatoso
‘Ave Verum’ by W. A. Mozart
‘Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher’ by A. Honegger
‘Messa di Gloria’ by G. Puccini
‘Tannhäuser’ by R. Wagner
‘St John's Passion’ (BWV 245) by J. S. Bach (Tenor Solo - arias)
‘Ainda não te vi as mãos’ by E. A. d'Abreu (World Première - 2011)

‘​Vespers’ by S. Rachmaninoff (Tenor Solo)

‘Passio Iesu secundum Ioannem’ by W. Sauseng (Tenor Solo- Favoritekoor)

‘St. Paulus’ by F. Mendelssohn (Tenor Solo)

‘Requiem für einen jungen Dichter’ by B. A. Zimmermann (Choir III)

‘Psalm 95’ by F. Mendelssohn (Tenor Solo)

Worked with conductors:

Michael Zilm
Michael Thomas
Michel Corboz
Joana Carneiro
Simone Young
Bertrand de Billy
Lawrence Foster
Paulo Lourenço

Mónica Ferreira Duarte

Georgina Saavedra
Fernando Eldoro
Jorge Matta
Jorge Alves
Clara Alcobia Coelho
Jan Wierzba

Rob Vermeulen

Ivan Yohan

Bas Ramselaar

Marjon van der Linden

Matthias Pintscher

Florian Heyerick

Joshard Daus

Kaspars Putniņš