Jorge Ramos was born in 1995, in Braga, Portugal.
In July 2014 he won the 1st Prize - Composition Competition for Flutes of the 2ª Academia de Flauta de Verão (PT) with the work Prometheus for Flutes.
In July 2016 he won the 2nd Prize - Composition Competition for Flutes of the 4ª Academia de Flauta de Verão (PT) with the work Recompor.
In 2017 he won the 10th Prize at the 2017 iMelody International Composition Contest by iMelody Music Club (USA) with the work Merge and an Honourable Mention at the 2017 Composition Competition by The National Flute Association (USA) with the work SemiQuaver.
During the school year of 2017/2018 was awarded Best Student at Master’s Degree Level by ESML – Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa & CGD – Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
In 2019 he won an Honourable Mention with the work s. e. m. for snare drum at Composition Competition Tomar Tomaribando 2019 (PT), he won the Music Award at Mostra Nacional de Jovens Criadores 2018 (PT) promoted by Fundação da Juventude and was appointed Young Composer in Residency at Estúdios Victor Córdon in partnership with CNB –Companhia Nacional de Bailado and TNSC – Teatro Nacional São Carlos.

He was also awarded with two research grants by FCT – Fundação para as Ciências e Tecnologias between 2016 and 2018.
He has worked various music genres with several groups and orchestras and his music is regularly played in Portugal and abroad.

During his studies, he had the opportunity to work with composers such as André Ruíz, Paulo Bastos, João Madureira, Luigi Abbate, Achim Bornhoft, Ivan Moody, Luís Tinoco, José Luís Ferreira, António Pinho Vargas, Carlos Caires, Jaime Reis, Hans Tutschku, Åke Parmerud, Alison Kay, Diana Salazar and Gilbert Nouno.

Currently he is conducting his research on the influence of electronics on a composer’s orchestration practice perception as a Doctoral Student at the Royal College of Music under the supervision of Alison Kay (Directing Supervisor), Gilbert Nouno (Practical Consultant) and Diana Salazar (Second Supervisor). He is funded by the Doctor Knobel Fund Award and Gulbenkian Foundation (Artistic Improvement in Music Scholarship).