Rui Sul Gomes studied at Conservatório Nacional de Música and at Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra. Between 2000 and 2006 he was Solo Percussion at Orquestra Nacional do Porto and since 2006 he has been Solo Timpanist at the Orquestra Gulbenkian, in Lisbon.
Being an enthusiast of the Adams Schnellar and Amsterdam School of timpani, he improved his musical studies with Marinus Komst and Nick Woud. As a soloist, he as performed with the Orquestra Gulbenkian , the Orquestra Clássica de Espinho , the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras and the Orquestra Académica Metropolitana.
He was teacher at the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra, Universidade de Aveiro and Escola Superior de Música e Artes de Espectáculo do Porto. At the same time, he gave masterclasses in Portugal and Brazil.
Rui Sul Gomes is an Adams artist, play with Adams Schnellar timpani and insound timpani mallets
