João Delgado has a PhD in Music and Musicology - Performance (viola), which he concluded with the highest distinction, as well as a MMus (Performance), also concluded with maximum classification.
As a viola player, Delgado was dedicatee or co-dedicatee of several works for viola solo and chamber music by the most proeminent portuguese composers, and frequently plays solo or chamber music with several musicians such as António Rosado, Carlos Alves, Fausto Neves, Filipe Quaresma, amongst others.With several ensembles or solo, he has performed in the main Portuguese concert-halls, as well as in Mexico, Germany, France, China, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, and other european countries. João Pedro has participated in the recording of several albums, solo and chamber music, which are played in classical radios throughout the world, and his concerts are often broadcasted on radios and TVs in Portugal and abroad. He is a member of João Roiz Ensemble, and of Síntese - Contemporary Music Ensemble.
He was artistic director of the Belgais Centre for the Study of the Arts. He was author of several programs in the portuguese national classical radio - Antena 2.
Delgado is guest professor in ESART - Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas de Castelo Branco, and Head of Conservatório de Castelo Branco.