Rui C. Antunes currently studies composition with Fabien Lévy in the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (HMT) in Leipzig, Germany. He finished his violin studies (2021) with excellence in the HMT in the class of Prof. Friedemann Wezel. Previously, he studied violin with Prof. Aníbal Lima at the National Superior Academy of Orchestra (Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra), in Lisbon, where he also finished his bachelor in violin with excellence (2017).
He had his debut as a composer in 2016, and has since collected several prizes both as a violinist and as a composer. His music has already been played in Portugal, Spain, Germany, and Belgium. He regularly plays with several orchestras and contemporary music ensembles in Germany and Portugal.