1st Prize Parnaso Competition, 1973 Musical Youth Award Margarida Brochado Award 1st Prize Covilhã Piano Competition, 1975 1st Prize Braga Piano Competition, 1977 1st Prize Covilhã Piano Competition, 1982 Scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Culture IX Vianna da Motta International Competition: 2nd place 1983 Nova Gente 84 Trophy Award Revelation Award, 1984 Moreira de Sá Prize (Orpheon Porto): 1986 “Elas e Eles” Prestige Award: 1986 8th Van Cliburn Competition, Texas, USA: Special Jury Prize 1989 Honor Committee of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, 1992 Seiva Award: 1991 European Culture Prize “Robert Schuman”, Dresden, Germany, 1991 Se7es de Ouro Award: category – Classical/contemporary music, 1992 Bordalo Prize: category - Classical Music, 1994 Rotary medal and emblem naming “Paul Harris Fellow”, 1995 National Representative for Youth for the Candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic of Dr. Jorge Sampaio, 1996 Career Award” awarded by Portugal Fashion, 2001 Honor Committee of the National Congress of Musicians held at FIL 23-24 October 2003 Jury of the II International Chamber Music Competition “city of Alcobaça”. Jury at the II Iberian Adelino Caravana Piano Competition, Calouste Gulbenkian Music Conservatory, Braga (other members: Vitali Dotsenko (Russia), Luís Pipa (Portugal), Gonzalo Garcia Garcia (Spain) Guest soloist for the opening concert of Lisbon 94, European Capital of Culture Guest soloist for opening concert Coimbra, National Capital of Culture Reference in the Encyclopedia “Music in Portugal in the 20th century” coordinated by Salwa Castelo-Branco Reference in the “Dictionary of Portuense Personalities of the 20th Century”, Porto Editora Edition International Conference “Art and Business”, Collab project, promoted by the Serralves Foundation. Panel, shared with Artur Santos Silva, Paulo Azevedo and João Paulo Feliciano and moderated by Miguel Viana (deputy director of Diário Económico). 4.11.2004 Member of the 2008 Talent Awards Jury, an initiative of the Secretariat of State for Communities, chaired by Maria Barroso (Jury: Rita Ferro, António Vitorino, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, António Marinho Pinto, Siza Vieira, Pedro Burmester and Camané) Gold Medal of the City of Maia, 2022 President of the Jury of the Oeiras Piano Competition, 2024 President of the Jury for the award of Scholarships of Artistic and Scientific Merit of the Maia City Council, 2023 (other Juries: Teresa Lago, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel von Hafe Pérez and Paulo Ribeiro) Member of the Strategic Council for Culture of the University of Porto, 2023