Hugo Assunção has been a Chamber Music Professor at the Lisbon Superior School of Music since 2012, and has taught Trombone and Chamber Music masterclasses throughout Portugal and abroad.

He has performed and recorded with numerous ensembles and orchestras, including the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música, Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Madeira Classical Orchestra, Algarve Orchestra, Lisbon Sinfonietta Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Hot Clube de Portugal Orchestra, the Matosinhos Jazz Orchestra, and Daniel Bernardes’ Crossfade Ensemble.

He shares the Artistic Direction of the Gravíssimo! Festival with Yamaha Artist Sérgio Carolino, and has collaborated, performed, and recorded with artists such as James Thompson, David Taylor, Marshall Gilkes, Gyorgy Gyivicsán, David Bruchez, Gabriel Antão, Ricardo Pereira, João Martinho, Ruben Tomé, Francisco Couto, Jacques Mauger, Bart van Lier, Justin Clark, Robin Eubanks, Luis Bonilla, Eijiro Nakagawa, Christian Jones, Demondrae Thurman, Matthew Murchison, Thomas Rüedi, Anthony Caillet, Hélène Escriva, Tormod Flaten, Fernando Deddos, Luka Einfalt, Gene Pokorny, Bob Stewart, Floyd Cooley, Henrique Costa, Anne-Jelle Visser, Oren Marshall, Ricardo Carvalhoso, François Thuillier, Mike Forbes, Roland Szentpáli, Daniel Perantoni, Nimrod Ron, and Shimpei Tsugita.

In 2006, he recorded “Vox Gabrieli”, featuring music for trombone and piano, and “A Different Era”, as Musical Director of the Portuguese Trombone Ensemble.

He has commissioned, premiered, and recorded works by Anne Victorino d’Almeida, Telmo Marques, Daniel Bernardes, and António Victorino d’Almeida.

He has held the position of Principal Trombone with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra since 1993.