Manuel Teles (b. 2002) is a Portuguese saxophonist with more than twenty national and international awards. Graduated from Giuseppe Verdi’s Milan Conservatory with Magna Cum Laude and Honourable Mention, he’s continuing his master's degree in the same institution with professor Mario Marzi. Studied before at Palmela’s Conservatory and Lisbon Metropolitana Music School with João Pedro Silva. 

From modern music to the saxophone repertoire, improvised and orchestral, he often performs in concert halls like Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Casa da Música, Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, MEO Arena, Coliseu do Porto and Gulbenkian.

Collaborated with the Kansas University Orchestra, Divertimento Ensemble, MLOrK Milan Laptop Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Ensemble mpmp, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and with the Teatro alla Scala’s Ensemble Scaligero.

In the last years has worked with conductors, performers and composers as Jacob TV, Mário Laginha, Mikel Urquiza, Luís Tinoco, Pedro Amaral, Daniel Bernardes, António Victorino d'Almeida, and Martim Sousa Tavares.

Together with the percussionist Paulo Amendoeira forms the Astrus Duo. In 2022 they released their most recent album “Ascolta!”, edited by mpmp, with music by Daniel Bernardes, João Pedro Oliveira, João Quinteiro, Telmo Marques and Paulo Jorge Ferreira.

In 2019, the year Palmela was a candidate for UNESCO's Creative Cities Network, Manuel Teles received the Medal of Cultural Merit (Silver Grade).

In 2023 released “Lisboa-Milano”, his most recent CD with pieces for solo saxophone by Salvatore Sciarrino, Luca Francesconi, João Pedro Oliveira, Christopher Bochmann and Vincenzo Parisi, edited by Stradivarius.