Fernando Miguel Jalôto took his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in harpsichord in the Department of Early Music and Historical Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague (Netherlands), in the class of Jacques Ogg. He attended master classes with Gustav Leonhardt, Olivier Baumont, Ilton Wjuniski and Laurence Cummings. He also studied baroque organ and clavichord, and was awarded a grant from the National Centre of Culture. He holds a masters in music from the University of Aveiro, and is completing his doctorate in musicology at the Universidade Nova in Lisbon, on a scholarship from the FCT. He is the founder and artistic director of the Ludovice Ensemble. He has worked under the direction of T. Koopman, Ch. Pluhar, Ch. Rousset, F. Biondi, A. Florio, H. Christophers, A. Parrott, R. Alessandrini, Ch. Banchini, E. Onofri, A. Bernardini, L. Cummings, Ch. Coin, D. Snellings, W. Becu and P. McCreesh, amongst others. He has recorded for Ramée/Outhere (with the Ludovice Ensemble, nominated for the prestigious ICMA Awards in 2013), Brilliant Classics (Suites for harpsichord by Dieupart), Dynamic (Harpsichord Concerto in G minor by Carlos Seixas), Harmonia Mundi, Glossa Music, Parati, Anima & Corpo and Veterum Musica.
