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 a doctorate in musicology from the Universidade Nova in Lisbon. 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. He recently recorded one of the volumes of the complete recording of the Flores de música by Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (Resonus).