Bio

Thomas has performed in the US, France, England, Switzerland, Portugal and Spain. He was the founding member of the fado duo which released “Endechas y Cantares” in 2013. The Sephardic music album was the world premiere recording of this work by Matilde Salvador.

Thomas started studying guitar at age 9 and went on to graduate from the Baltimore School of Arts. Throughout his undergraduate and graduate career, at the San Francisco Conservatory, Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot (Paris, France), Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin (Strasbourg, France), and Trinity College of Music (London, UK), Thomas has studied under the tutelage of eminent guitar masters including Alexis Muzarakis, David Tannenbaum, Graham Anthony Devine. Thomas has also taken pleasers from Roland Dyens, Francisco Bernier and Stephan Schmidt.

An educator since 2008, Thomas has also developed a passion and a unique skill for teaching and engaging students of all ages. Thomas’ students have gone on to study and Peabody conservatory, San Francisco conservatory, and the Haute école des arts du thin. With his guidance, his students acquire a deep sense of musicality as well as strong technical skills to play challenging repertoires. Thomas has moreover been teaching (both in-person and remotely) at the French International school for the arts in San Francisco since 2013 and maintains an active private teaching studio. Thomas has also taught at the Blackheath conservatoire in London.

Today, Thomas brings his passion for the ten-string guitar and for contemporary classical music engaging with composers such as Maurice Ohana, Zad Moultaka, Dušan Bogdanovič and Golfam Khayam. Thomas is the dedicatee of new works by Golfam Khayam and Dušan Bogdanovič and takes part in interdisciplinary collaborations in the vibrant musical scenes of England and Switzerland.