Edgar Cardoso is a pianist/musical theatre performer/enthusiastic and passionate teacher from Porto, Portugal. He studied classical music in Germany, Portugal, UK and USA (BMus, MEd, MMus, ArtDip) and became a world-touring concert pianist with 50 prizes in international competitions. His solo album Nuances was released in 2015 under Spanish label KNS Classical.

 

Eventually he shifted his focus towards musical theatre and has been an active music director and performer in the UK and all over USA, Favorite credits: Million Dollar Quartet, Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella, Title of Show, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Music Man, Hair, Sweeney Todd, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Silence of the Lambs.

 

He has worked at Trinity Laban Conservatoire (London) and Azusa Pacific University (Los Angeles) as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist in both Opera and Musical Theatre programs. He first came to Shanghai in 2019, working in projects in several international schools, and has been a member of iStage Academy faculty since 2021.