biography
The Banda União Musical Paramense, known as Banda de Paramos, is a philharmonic band from Paramos, in Espinho, founded on 14 January 1933 as the heir to the Primeira Estudantina de Paramos. Its first conductor was Manuel de Matos, and it is today led by maestro Nuno Cachetas, with around 60 musicians.
It has the Escola de Música Joaquim Guimarães and a Youth Orchestra created in 2008. It finished 2nd at the V Concurso Internacional de Bandas Filarmónicas de Braga (2018) and 4th at the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Valência (2019).
