Nationality Portuguese Role Magician Name Luis Matos | Website www.luisdematos.com Occupation Magician TV shows The Magicians | |
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Full Name Luis Manuel Curcialeiro Godinho de Matos Profiles | ||
Luis de matos ensina o truque do lenco nilton 5 para a meia noite
Luis de Matos (born 23 August 1970) is a Portuguese magician. With Lu Chen and Dynamo he was co-winner of the "Golden Grolla" in 2013.
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- Luis de matos ensina o truque do lenco nilton 5 para a meia noite
- Early years
- Career
- Television
- Tour
- Books
- DVDs
- Magic Kits
- Awards
- References
He is the youngest magician ever to receive "The Devant Award" from The Magic Circle (October 19, 2013). Some say that he is the most renowned and distinguished Portuguese magician of all times.
Early years
Luis de Matos was born in Portuguese Mozambique in 1970, a Portuguese overseas province until 1975. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Portugal where the family settled near the city of Coimbra.
Luis de Matos has a bachelor's degree (B.Ag) in agricultural technical engineering from Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC) part of the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC).
In 1995 Luis de Matos baffled the Portuguese public when predicting the Lottery numbers one week's time in advance.
Career
Luis de Matos is a professional magician in Portugal. He began making guest appearances on television in 1990 and two years later hosted his own television series entitled "Isto é Magia!" ("This is Magic"). This was followed by several other magic successful TV shows including "Noite Mágica", "Ilusões com Luis de Matos”, "Luis de Matos Ao Vivo", "Shalakabula", "Mistérios" a 13 x 1 hour series for RTP1 in Portugal.
Luis de Matos has made appearances and started as a regular in TV shows worldwide like "Shalakabula" in Spain, BBC "The Magicians", most recently starting in its latest Spanish version "Por Arte de Magia". Nowadays he is currently ongoing its 9th season as a regular on TVG TV show "LUAR".
Throughout the years he won several important prizes such as the "Magician of the year" (Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts − 1999) and the "Mandrake D'or" (French Society of Magicians − 2000).
Quoting his "Award of Merit" (Hollywood Academy of Magic Arts − 1995):
"In recognition of his remarkable devotion to the art of magic. His television series "Isto é Magia" and "Noite Mágica" brought legions of new fans to the art. An accomplished magician and illusionist he has brought dozens of international stars of magic before his television audience to share their talent and their knowledge of magical history. In his career he will touch millions and instill in them his love for magic."
He has worked as a magical consultant to Portugal’s National Theatre, was artistic director of FISM 2000 in Lisbon and is responsible for many memorable events like the Guinness World Records for "Vanishing 52,001 Silk Handkerchiefs Simultaneously" at the Estádio do Dragão (football stadium) opening ceremony in Porto, Portugal. Luis de Matos was the mastermind and protagonist of the event.
In 2010, in collaboration with David Britland and Marco Tempest, Luis de Matos organized The Essential Magic Conference, the first and only (so far) online magic conference. This conference was held in ESTÚDIO33 (STUDIO33) in Portugal, where 33 magic celebrities learned, shared and collaborated with the worldwide magic community. The original concept was to carry out the conference for another two years, which they did successfully. During the last year of the conference, nearly 2000 people "attended" from around 75 countries of the world.
His biggest project to date is the creation of ESTÚDIO33 in Ansião. It is the purpose built magical headquarters of Luis de Matos Productions, housing a fully rigged theatre, rehearsal space, reference library, workshop and offices.
He is also the founder and producer of The Essential Magic Collection, a groundbreaking DVD collection dedicated to providing high quality teaching materials for magic and magicians.
In 2013 Luis de Matos receives in Los Angeles, his third award by the Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts, the “Special Fellowship Award" where the following is engraved:
“In recognition of a trail-blazing achievement in magic and media. As founder and producer of the Essential Magic Conference, his tireless efforts helped to create something genuinely new, guiding magic into its future.”
Also in 2013 he is distinguished with the Magic Golden Grolla Award “Il grande rivoluzionario della magia”, founded in 1953, it is one of the most renowned awards given to artists and public figures of different art forms in Italy.
Luis de Matos was distinguished in October 2013 with "The David Devant Award" by The Magic Circle. This award is given to those who have made a significant contribution in advancing the art of magic or who have given outstanding service to magic internationally.
Nowadays Luis de Matos still has a major contribution to the promotion of Magic and Art producing a series of Street Magic Festivals, occurring every year throughout the country (Portugal). In these festivals he brings literally dozens of great performers from all over the world to amaze and entertain the most varied audiences.
Television
Tour
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