TIAGO MORGADO, BORN 1988, BRAGA, PORTUGAL), IS A PORTUGUESE COMPOSER, IMPROVISER, SOUND DESIGNER, MUSIC CURATOR, SOUND ENGINEER, AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, WORKING AS A FREELANCER IN MUSIC/IT. HE STUDIED CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE (ARTAVE 1999-2006), MUSICOLOGY (2006-2008 UMINHO AND FCSH UNL), MUSIC TECHNOLOGY (MEPM - ESART 2008-2011) AND SONOLOGY (ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC OF THE HAGUE), WITH RICHARD BARRETT, JOEL RYAN, PAUL BERG, KEES TAZELAAR, RAVIV GANCHROW, PAUL JEUKENDREUP, JOHANN VAN KREIJ, PETER PABON, FRANK BALDÉ, JUSTIN BENNET, LEX VAN DEN BROEK, AND BEGAN WORKING WITH LEADING IMPROVISERS IN 2010 SUCH AS JOE MORRIS, PETER EVANS, MARK DRESSER, FRED FRITH, WILLIAM PARKER, AND JASON HWANG, SUCH AS IN IMPROVISATION MUSIC WORKSHOPS. IN 2014 HE WAS ADMITTED FOR A PHD IN COMPOSITION IN THE BEAST - BIRMINGHAM ELECTROACOUSTIC SOUND THEATRE -, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALTHOUGH HE DECLINED THE OFFER FOR PERSONAL REASONS. TIAGO ALSO ATTENDED LECTURES, SEMINNARS OR WORKSHOPS WITH WITH TREVOR WISHART, DANIEL TERUGGI, DOUGLAS KAHN, ARNE DE FORCE, JOHN RICHARDS, LARRY POLANSKI, DIEMER DE VRIES, MATHEW OSTROWSKI, FRANCISCO LOPEZ, LAWRENCE HARVEY, EDWIN VAN HEIDE, BARRY TRUAX, AND MATMOS. TIAGO HAS PERFORMED IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS PORTUGAL, UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, HOLLAND, SERBIA AND SPAIN, PLAYING IN VENUES SUCH AS STUDIO LOOS, CAFE DE VINGER, KORZO THEATRE, TROUW AMSTERDAM, BLIK OPENER, MASKERADE SINZINE, MARTIN LUTHER KERKE, RADIO TONKA, AUTONOMOUS CENTRUM, ROYAL ANTON SZAAL, KEES VAN BAAREN HALL, TEATRO A BARRACA, MOSTEIRO DE SÃO BENTO DA VITORIA, PEDRO REMY, MOSTEIRO DE TIBÃES, MIA - FESTIVAL DE MUSICA IMPROVISADA DE ATOUGUIA DA BALEIA, MARCO (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS OF VIGO), CCB (FESTIVAL MUSICA VIVA), AND FINALLY HARVESTWORKS NYC (60*60)- AS A SOLO ARTIST -, COLISEU DO PORTO (VIOLA TUTTI ORQUESTRA ARTAVE), SXSW, EXIT FESTIVAL AND ISLINGTON METAL WORKS (AS A SESSION MUSICIAN FOR :PAPERCUTZ). HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE RECORD LABEL NACHTSTUCK RECORDS, WHICH RELEASED MUSIC OF PEOPLE SUCH AS KARLHEINZ ESSL, JOHN DIKEMAN, GREGORY TAYLOR, COLECTIVO ABAETETUBA, WILBERT DE JOODE AND GONÇALO ALMEIDA, ROBERT VAN HEUMEN, HANS TAMMEN, PEIXE:AVIÃO, FUNCKARMA (ROEL FUNCKEN), EMANUEL SALVADOR, ADAMNED/AGE, MATHEW OSTROWSKI, AGNES HEGINGER, MARTIN MALLAUN, AIMING FOR SMALL SCALE PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS. HIS MUSIC WAS FEATURED IN XLR8 (WITH NECROSTILET - 2007) AND GONZO CIRCUS (AS A SOLO ARTIST IN A MIXTAPE CURATED BY JONATHAN REUS).