Daniel Sousa was born in Oeiras, Lisbon in July 19th, 1975. He began studying guitar in Crescendo music school also in Oeiras with Pedro Silva as his teacher. Later on, he also attended the music school Escola de Música Nossa Senhora do Cabo where he concluded the 7th degree by the hand of José Frade and João Pedro Vasconcelos.
Between 1997 and 1999 he attended at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML) the composition course, where after an interruption of 2 years he changed to the Guitar course which he concluded in 2006 where António Jorge Gonçalves was his guitar professor.
Since 2001, as a member of the Zyryab guitar quartet, he has been performing regularly in Portugal and abroad like in Sweden where the quartet performed 3 recitals in the city of Ümea.
Currently he teaches classical guitar in Conservatório de Música de Cascais and in Crescendo de Oeiras.
