Luís Alberto Cabral Pacheco (b. August 18, 2005) is a young musician and film composer from the Azores.

From an early age, he developed a strong connection with music, beginning his trumpet studies at the age of 11 with the philharmonic band “Associação Lira do Divino Espírito Santo da Maia.” In 2020, he enrolled at the Regional Conservatory of Ponta Delgada and, the following year, continued his studies in Chaves, where he completed the Professional Course in Wind and Percussion Instrument Performance and became a member of the Wind Orchestra of the Academia de Artes de Chaves, with which he won the prestigious international WMC Kerkrade competition.

He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Production and Electronic Music at the Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, in Castelo Branco.

In 2023, he began his career as a composer, standing out for composing the original soundtrack for the short film Memórias de um Corpo, in collaboration with director PlayBleu. The work was presented at prominent venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Galeria Geraldes da Silva in Porto, and the Entre-Curtas International Film Festival in Chaves. That same year, he participated in IFMC Summer 2023 and became a verified composer on platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

In 2024 and 2025, he was invited by the Aurora de Harmonias association to work as a composer and orchestrator for the traditional Sword Dance on the island of Terceira. He composed the soundtrack for the short film A Mestra, served on the audiovisual jury of the Fic Via XIV International Film Festival in Verín, Galicia, and composed the soundtrack for the project Memórias de Abril, in collaboration with the University of the Azores. He also became the Musical Director of the Porto Formoso International Folklore Festival, where he is responsible for composing and conducting the orchestra, having already collaborated with international musicians from countries such as Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Ecuador.

He is the official composer of the Entre-Curtas International Film Festival, where he has already received an Honorable Mention, as well as the Best Portuguese Documentary Film Award with the short film A Mestra at the festival and at Leiria Film Fest, respectively.

Within the field of music composition for fashion, he composed the soundtrack Existence and Resistance for Moda Castelo Branco 2025, as well as Armar a Tenda, premiered at ModaLisboa 2025, and Oásis and Oriri for the Brazilian conceptual fashion brand OPY, for which he won a First Prize. He also composed O que fica, do que foi, premiered at the Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores in Santarém, where he received another First Prize.

More recently, he received a Commendation from the Municipal Council of Ribeira Grande, Azores, in recognition of his artistic career and achievements. He is currently composing music for upcoming short and feature films scheduled to premiere at the end of this year.