Vítor Rua

Vítor Rua is a Portuguese guitarist, composer, improviser and multimedia artist born in Mesão Frio in 1961. A self-taught musician, he studied guitar in Porto and became a founding member of the rock group GNR before moving increasingly towards electronic and experimental music.

In 1982 he formed Telectu with Jorge Lima Barreto, developing one of Portugal's influential projects combining improvisation, technology and experimental composition. His extensive activity includes film, theatre, dance, contemporary classical music and visual art. Creative Sources documents his musical work within a catalogue devoted to the many forms of sound exploration and real-time musical invention.