Fábio Chicotio (b. 1991, Portugal) began his musical studies in percussion at a philharmonic band in his hometown, Sociedade Filarmónica União Samorense. He subsequently studied at Conservatório Regional de Artes do Montijo, Conservatório de Música da Metropolitana, and Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (2017). Due to health reasons, he did not complete his percussion degree.

In 2021, he returned to ESML to pursue a composition degree, which he completed in 2025. During his studies, he worked with composers including Carlos Caires, Carlos Fernandes, Carlos Marecos, Jaime Reis, João Madureira, Nuno da Rocha, Roberto Perez, Sérgio Azevedo, and Vasco Mendonça. He attended masterclasses with Barry Truax (2026), Fábio de Sanctis Benedictis (2023), Flo Menezes (2022), Luigi Abbate (2022), and Valério Sannicandro (2022).

Chicotio received first prize at the 12th edition of Nanomúsicos Eletroacústicos (Portugal, 2023) for Clepsydra for violin and electronics, and first prize at the IVth International Composition Competition "Prof. Marin Goleminov – Michail Goleminov" (Bulgaria, 2024) for Forged Connections for bass clarinet and electronics. In 2025, he won second place at Nanomúsicos Eletroacústicos 2025 (Portugal) with Forged Connections. In 2026 received an honoble mension at the 4th edition of Darcos International Composition Award with LoC for strings quartet. His music has been recorded by Euterpe Guitar Duo in their album Entre gestos distantes and by the oboist Tiago Coimbra in his album Oboe+.