Gabriel DaCruz

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About me

Born in Lisbon in 1972, Gabriel was first drawn to music at an early age at “Instituto gregoriano de lisboa”. In the mid 80´s his family moved to the Algarve, starting later Guitar and Composition lessons with John Gilbey.

Beginning as a Guitarist, his love for instruments quickly grew to include the Piano, Bass, and Drums. Writing his own music and forming numerous bands during his school days, Gabriel join the “Algarve Conservatoire” and studied Classic Guitar with Eudoro Grade, Harmony with “Black” and jazz with Zé Eduardo.

In mid 90´s his musical life would lead him to London to enroll in “M.I.” and later in “City & Islington College” to complete a BTEC in Popular Music. Followed by a BMus(Hons) in Composition at “London College Of Music”, where he studied with Adam Gorb, Donald Edelman, Alan Moore, Cecilia McDowall, John McCabe, Nick Ingman and Patrick Bailey.

Upon leaving University, Gabriel release a CD conducting his own work with an orchestra, moving then to film music.

Gabriel would score a number of small films being then invited to move back to Portugal to create a new project called CEPAV. During this time Gabriel was a resident composer and teacher at Instituto Piaget.

Through the years, Gabriel has distinguished himself in many genres, composing music for very different mediums (Concert, Film, TV, Radio and New Media), in Portugal, UK, and US.

During the last decade, Gabriel worked in Hollywood films, as a Additional Music Composer.

Currently Gabriel is attending a Master Degree in Orchestration for Film, Games & Television in the UK.

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Skills

Job Titles	Composer
Years in industry	6+ years