JooBarradasisoneofthemostrecognizedyoungaccordionistsinEurope.

Atage
22isthewinner,invariouscategories,ofthemostimportantcompetitionsinthe
worldlikeTropheMondialeAccordeon,CoupeMondialeAccordeon,"CittaDi
Castelfidardo"Competitionandmanyotherprizes.
Heisoneofthemostdistinguishedvoicesontheaccordionjazzscenenowadays
workingasaleaderorsidemanwithnameslike:JooPauloEstevesdaSilva,
SrgioCarolino,NelsonCascais,BrunoPedroso,CarlosBarretto,PaulaOliveira,
JooMoreira,AfonsoPais,PedroMadaleno,AlexandreFrazo,HugoTrindade,
MarceloArajo,RicardoToscano,BernardoMoreira,GilenoSantana,JoelSilva,
DemianCabaud,RitaMaria,LusCandeias,EduardoCardinho,YuriDaniel,
JacobSacksor
JoowasborninPortugal,PortoAlto,SamoraCorreiainFebruary,1992
andbegantolearntheaccordionattheageof6,atMusicSchoolofSamora
Correia,attheageof7enteredIMVMinLisbonandtheageof9enteredthe2d
gradeofTheOfficialAccordionCourse,havingasateacherAnbalFreire,2times
WorldChampionofAccordion.JoofinishedTheOfficialAccordionCoursewith
20average(Maxclassification).Since2010.thepreparationforInternacionaland
NacionalCompetitionsisdone,inFrance,withtheprestigiousprofessorFrdric
Deschamps.
Growingupasachildprodigy,hisperfectpitch,sighreadingandexcellent
techniquegavehimtheopportunitytoactinvariousconcerthallsamongthemost
famousaccordionistsinthehistory,like:FriederichLips,ViatcheslavSemyonov,
YuriShishkin,RichardGalliano,AlexanderDmitriev,GraysonMasefield,Aydar
Gaynullin,JrmeRichard,EugniaLima,MarioStefanoPietrodarchi,Aude
Giuliano,VitaliDmitrievorEricBouvelle.
Inspiteofbeingyoung,hehastakenpartatmanyconcerts:atTheMariaMatos
Theatre,TheSoLuisTheatre,TheCalousteGulbenkianFoundationinLisbon,
TheCamesTheatre,EuropeanConcertatJernimosAbbey,TorredeBelm
Concert,EuropeanConcertatTheBelmCulturalCentre,theConcertatNoble
HallofNationalConservatoire,CasadaMsica(Porto),TheHouseofOperain
Samara(Russia),NobleHallofTheFinancialMinistryandmanyothers.
Jooworkedhisperformanceandtechniquewiththemostwellknown
internationalartists,like:GregOsby,MarkTurner,AvishaiCohen,JimBlack,
ViatcheslavSemyonov,EricHarland,NirFelder,FrdricDeschamps,Carlos
Bica,MiguelZenn,RobinEubanks,MattPenman,PauloJorgeFerreira,Stefan
Harris,FrankMobusorFriederichLips.

Ascontemporaryaccordionist,JooBarradashascollaboratedwithcomposers
PedroCarneiro,NunodaRocha,DimitrisAndrikopoulos,VitorinoMatono,
JarmoSermila,EdgarSaramago,TuomasTurriago,JoaquimRaposo,Etiene
Crausaz,FilipeMelo,AndrSantos,JonHansenandEugnioAmorim.