António Oliveira was born in Oporto and got a bachelor’s degree at Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo of Instituto Politécnico do Porto under the guidance of Sofia Lourenço; studied with Laszlo Simon at the Hochschüle der Kunst, Berlin and got a Master’s degree at The Hartt School, University of Hartford, USA, as a pupil of Luiz de Moura Castro. He also received guidance from Helena Sá e Costa, Pedro Burmester, Mikail Pethukov and Emanuel Ax. He is an active recitalist, both solo and chamber music, having played in many concert halls in Portugal and abroad. António Oliveira has been piano teacher at the Conservatório de Música do Porto since 2002.