"Manuel Linhares is a Portuguese Jazz singer dedicated to performance, composition and teaching.

Besides his degree in Jazz Music by ESMAE - Porto, he studied in "Tallers de Muzics" - Barcelona and in the Jazz Institute of Berlin.

He worked and studied with renowned international musicians like: Bobby Mcferrin, Judy Niemack, Theo Bleckmann, John Hollenbeck, David Linx, Rhiannon, Rebecca Martin, Becca Stevens, Gretchen Parlato, Guillermo Klein, David Binney, António Loureiro and the extraordinary Meredith Monk.

He had also the opportunity to work with major Portuguese musicians like José Mário Branco, Rui Veloso, Sofia Ribeiro, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Alexandre Frazão, Carlos Barreto, Mário Delgado and Carlos Martins.

He has been presenting himself on stages throughout Portugal, Europe, United States and Brazil. He played in major festivals like "Caldas Nice Jazz" 2020, "Festa do Jazz" 2019, "Porta-Jazz Festival" 2012 and 2022, "Angrajazz" 2011 and 2013; "Jazz Fest of Berlin" 2011 alongside with many other jazz clubs and venues.

He took part in several albums as a guest and in 2013 he releases his first album of original music entitled "Traces of Cities", followed by "Boudaries" in 2019.

In January 2022 he released his third album of original compositions - "Suspenso"- with music production by António Loureiro and that brings together his quartet with a wide range of guests such as: Coreto Porta-Jazz, David Binney, Frederico Heliodoro or Guillermo Klein. A work with the support of DGartes - Ministry of Culture and released by the Portuguese label Porta-Jazz.

Besides his own project, Manuel Linhares has a duo with the prestigious Brazilian singer Pedro Iaco and he is also the lead singer in the project of the saxophone player Carlos Martins entitled "Mar-Planície".

Apart from his performance career he has been teaching singing lessons and vocal improvisation. Therefore, since 2017 he runs a vocal creativity improvisation laboratory - "O Círculo da Voz", that tries to enhance a vocal community of singers in Porto and that, besides its regular local activities, it organizes workshops throughout Portugal.

In 2019 he created alongside with the singers Sofia Ribeiro and Rizumik a vocal improvisation retreat entitled "Vocal Being Retreat". "

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