Álvaro Teixeira Lopes is an acclaimed pianist, artistic director, and educator known for his international performances, master classes, and leadership roles in prestigious music festivals and competitions worldwide.

Pianist Álvaro Teixeira Lopes is the Artistic Director of the Santa Cecilia International Competition (CISC) and the Santa Cecília International Festival, an invited professor at Aveiro University, and Director of Curso de Música Silva Monteiro (CMSM). He attended the Conservatório de Música do Porto and continued his studies in Vienna and Paris with Paul Badura-Skoda, Noel Flores, and Marian Rybicky. The recipient of several prizes, he developed intense national and international acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician and has been invited to play in some of the most prestigious festivals internationally. 

Artistic director of several festivals, Lopes has directed numerous master classes in Portugal, France, Brazil, Taiwan, China, Spain, and Italy, as well as being an invited professor at the Brecia International Festival and Summer Academy. He is frequently invited to join panels of piano competitions and has been a jury member of the Orbetello International Competition, Rospigliosi International Piano Competition, Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition, Iturbi International Piano Competition, Compositores de España, Isidor Bajič International Piano Competition, Pro-Piano, Concours International de Piano de Lyon, Concours International d’Epinal, César Frank International Competition, Cleveland Virtualoso, Maestro Arts Taiwan, Porto Piano International Competition, Festival Internacional de Piano do Rio de Janeiro, and many others all over the world. 

Lopes serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal.