Felipe Santos Freitas da Silva

Felipe Freitas began his horn studies at the age of 9 with Professor Ismael de Oliveira Jr. at the "Villa-Lobos and the Children Project" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
From 2015 to 2019, he was a student with Professor Philip Doyle at the UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) School of Music. In 2020 he became a Bachelor student with Professor Will Sanders at the Karlsruhe University of Music, who had already mentored him at the annual German-Brazilian Festival since 2013. In 2015
Felipe Freitas took first place in the II MB competition for young horn players. One year later he won the IV. National Competition for Young Soloists, where he performed as soloist with the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2017, he achieved second place in the "Frizelle Soloist Competition" during the 49th International Horn Symposium. He won the IV. MB Competition for Youth Hornists in 2018 and received a scholarship at the OSESP Academy, followed by another one-month scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felipe Freitas reached the semifinals of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 2020 and the 2nd round of the ARD Music Competition in 2021. In the same year, he won the 31st "Concorso Internazionale Citta di Porcia" in Italy as well as 2nd prize at the Jeju Competition in Korea as a member of the Karlbrass Brass Quintet. Among the orchestras in which he has performed are the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, the orchestra of the festival "Frischluft und Musik Ortenau", the Petrobras Symphony Orchestra, the UFRJ Symphony Orchestra, the São Paulo State Orchestra and the São Paulo State Youth Orchestra.