
Grilo
Grilo (Porto, 1993) is a sound artist, performer, composer, poet, and lyricist, interested in the languages of absurdity and wonder.
As a creator, he has worked on THEORIES in collaboration with photographer João Hasselberg and HVIT with director Miguel C. Tavares. He is also co-author of Ī PRU VI’ZAR with Marcos Cavaleiro and frequently performs in concerts as an improviser and creator.
Grilo is part of the band Tigre, where he is a composer, lyricist, singer, and pianist. He has published two poetry books as self-releases: Observatório (2019) and Teoria do Sim (2023).
He composed the chamber opera Pequena História de Um Povo com Memória and co-wrote its libretto. He also created the sound design for theater pieces such as Parallax by Inês Garrido, O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá by António Parra, and soundtracks for dance performances like coexistimos, Artificĭu, and fio^ by Inês Campos, and Considerate Lilia by Inês and Teia Campos. He composed the soundtrack for Solos a 180º by the company Radar360, a circus performance, and in cinema, the score for As Horas by Marta Reis and Marta Sousa Ribeiro.
In addition to his sound design work for dance, film, and theater, Grilo is currently focusing on two projects: FRESTÃO and IVU’KAR, both of which combine poetry, music, performance, and movement, exploring themes like the subliminal, the invisible, the absurd, collective biography, laughter, and crying.
He has recorded albums with musicians like Retimbrar, Unsafe Space Garden, Paal Nilssen-Love, Christian Meaas Svendsen, Marcos Cavaleiro, Demian Cabaud, Mané Fernandes, and Coreto Porta-Jazz.