Luis de Matos
| Luis de Matos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Luis Manuel Curcialeiro Godinho de Matos August 23, 1970 Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique |
| Nationality |
 Portuguese |
| Occupation | Magician |
| Website | www.luisdematos.com |
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.
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.
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.
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 . 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).
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