Nuno Campos was born in Porto in 1979.

He received his classical music training at the Porto Music Conservatory and studied jazz at the Porto Jazz School, on the double bass. At the same time, he studied drama and worked in the performing arts both as an actor and as a director in a number of theatre companies (Seiva Trupe, Arte e Imagem, TEP, etc.) in his hometown. He also took part in the film “A ponta da lâmina” by Luís Miranda, shown at Fantasporto and in an advertisement for the Football World Cup in Korea. Divided between the theatre and music, he decided to devote himself seriously to his double bass studies.

He moved to Barcelona to continue to study the double bass at ESMUC (Catalonia Higher Institute of Music), where he studied both classical music and jazz, under Toni Garcia Araque, Mario Rossy, Horacio Fumero, Luis Vidal, Joan Monné, Joan Díaz, among others. He attended a number of masterclasses and workshops, both with international classical musicians and with jazz musicians, including: Thierry Barbé, Wolfgang Gutler, Thomas Martin, Andrew Ackerman, Carles Benavent, Slide Hampton, Jerry Bergonzy and Tim Garland.

During the third year of his university studies, he won a scholarship from the Catalonian Generalitat to study for a year at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague with the excellent musicians and educators Knut Guettler and Hein van de Geyn.

Returning to Barcelona, he finished his university studies with a final project, where he wrote a thesis with a modern, short double bass method and started his own trio (the Nuno Campos trio).

The Nuno Campos Trio has won first prize at the Barcelona Jazz Competition. With his trio and original compositions, he made his first record with the prestigious “Fresh Sound New Talent” label, entitled "My Debut For The Ones Close To Me”.

While he was living in Barcelona, he played and recorded with a number of musicians on the local music scene, such as: Silvia Perez, Josep Maria Farràs, Jon Robles, Mathew Simon, Marco Mezquida, Ramón Prats, Gonzalo del Val, Alex Frayle, Santi Colomer, Txema Riera, Rafa Madagascar, Jordi Santanach, Matteo Sacilotto, Rafael Lechowski, Els Cremats, and many more. He has played in jazz festivals in: Costa Brava, Menorca, Getxo, Jazz Marathon (Belgium), Pordennone (Italy), Reus, Vila Franca, and many more.

He has recorded: Nuno Campos Trio, “My Debut For The Ones Close To Me”; Alex Frayle Quartet with participation by Jon Robles, “Days In Barcelona”; Matteo Sacilotto, “Tribute To Nino Rota”; Els Cremats - of note being “Roent” and “Havaneres I Cançons Cubanes” on the Universal label; soundtrack to the short film “Bye, Bye Hindenburg” by R. Alvarez; Paulo Gomes Trio, “Recital”; Ricardo Barriga, “My Weird Box”; Fado in B flat, “QB”, Mariana Vergueiro Quintet “Morning Rain”, etc. He continues to participate actively in several musical projects in a variety of musical genres.

As a teacher, he has worked in schools with links to Berklee College of Music in Barcelona. He also taught the classical double bass at the Esparreguera Municipal Conservatory and at the Tarragona Conservatory, after winning the selection for double bass teacher.

He completed his Master's Degree in music teaching on his instrument at the University of Minho. He teaches the classical double bass at the Vilar do Paraíso Music Academy, Silva Monteiro Music Conservatory and Porto Music Conservatory. He has worked as educational coordinator and taught the double bass at the Jazz Ao Norte Vocational School.