Honours & Distinctions

President of Jury "ChopinRoma" International Piano Competition, 2010.
Jeunesses Pianistes, International Piano Competition Jury Member & Masterclass, Waterloo, Belgium, Feb. 2010.
Editor, Tension-in-Performance - The ISSTIP Journal, London.
Associate Editor, Piano Journal, London, Responsible for "European Piano Teachers; Forum".
Academia Internacional de Verão, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Masterclasse, 2010.
Bangalore School of Music, India, Masterclass, January 2010.
Panel Member of "Teaching Music in a Global Village", MTNA conference, Albuquerque, N. M., 23 March 2010.
President of Jury, Doctorate Isabel Gil LLorens, Vigo, Spain, July 2010.
Chair, ISSTIP Forum at 32nd EPTA Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28 October 2010.
Nominated for the Samii-Housseinpour Foundation (2006) Prize (Belgium).
“Who’s Who of Piano Pedagogues” – cover story of Piano Journal of EPTA (2005).
EPTA European President (2005-2006).
ISSTIP International Music-Medicine Institute (2005 until present) Advisory Board Member.
Festivais de Outono, Universidade de Aveiro (2005, 2006), Co-Director.
EPTA International Vice-President (1999-2005, 2006-2007).
ISSTIP representative in Portugal (from 2004).
Ronald Stevenson Society (from 2003).
International Musicological Society of India (Advisory Board Member) 2003.
Piano Journal (2002 until present), Reviewer.
ComunicArte (2000-2004), Board Member.
1st Helena Sá e Costa International Piano Competition (2004), Founder/Director.
Jorge Peixinho National Composition Competition (2003, 2004), Founder/Director.
International Piano Festival “Celebrating the Great Pianists” (2000-2005), Founder/Director.
1st International Course and Festival in Honour of Vladimir Horowitz (1999) Founder/Director.
Context, University of Melbourne, Australia (1999), Referee.
EPTA-Portugal (1999 until present), Founder/President.
American Keyboard Artists (1989, 1992).
ILAMS (Iberian-Latin American Music Society), Member and Reviewer.
American Liszt Society (2002 until present), Life-time member.
Associação portuguesa de Ciências Musicais (from 1995).
Associação portuguesa de Educação Musical (from 1993).
Pi Kappa Lambda (Lifetime Member).
Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity (1968 until present), Member.
Many Piano prizes in USA (1960-1965) including Ralph Squires Prize, University of North Texas Young Musicians’ Scholarship, National Piano Guild, various piano competitions, amongst others.