João Barros (1991, Portugal) holds a master's degree in Choral Conducting and a bachelor's degree in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. His musical education began at Conservatório D. Dinis, where he studied piano with Elsa Cabral. In 2012, João began studying Singing at Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional with Nuno Villalonga. As an Erasmus student in 2013, he attended the Liszt Academy Kodály Intezet in Kecskemét, Hungary, where he studied Choral Conducting with László Nemes and singing with Renáta Darázs. Furthermore, he has worked with Kaspars Putniņš, Neil Ferris, Georg Grün and studied with Daniel Reuss.

In 2018 João founded Nova Era Vocal Ensemble. Nowadays, Nova Era Vocal Ensemble is recognized as one of the most prestigious choirs in Lisbon, regularly performing at Portugal's most important venues and collaborating with orchestras such as Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Divino Sospiro and Americantiga Ensemble.

In 2018, João was awarded a scholarship by Interkultur for outstanding conducting achievements, providing him the opportunity to work with Andre Van der Mewer and the Rundfunk-Jugenchor Wernigerode.

Since 2018 João became the artistic director of ISCTE Choir, the choir of the University Institute of Lisbon.

João Barros is the founder and the artistic director of the Lisbon Choral Conducting Masterclass.

In 2024 João was selected for the semifinals of Eric Ericson Award.

In 2025 João had his debut as the artistic director of an Opera with the production of Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck together with the Orquestra 1755 and the ISCTE Choir. Later that year he was the assistant conductor of Daniel Reuss at the 2025 edition of the World Youth Choir.