She began her musical studies in 1999 at the Professional and Artistic School of Vale do Ave – ARTAVE – in the Transversal Flute class with Professor Joaquina Mota. During this period, she represented the school and the teacher numerous times in several solo recitals.
In 2002, she joined Orquestra Sinfónica de Sopros-Artave and later, in 2003, with Orquestra Artave, under the direction of Maestro Roberto Pérez. In 2004 and 2005 she applied for the Aproarte Orchestra, being integrated as head of section.
As part of an orchestra, she had the opportunity to work with conductors Alberto Roque, Manuel Ivo Cruz, Vasco Pierce Azevedo, Emílio de César, Fernando Lapa, Ricardo Tacuchian, Jóse Atalaya, Ernst Schelle, António Saiote, Juan Trillo, Jean Sebastien Béreu, Jean-Marc Burfin and Michael Zilm, among others.
She attended masterclasses with professors Ana Maria Ribeiro, Averil Williams, Istvan Matuz, Jaime Martin, Michel Debost, Nuno Inácio, Nuno Ivo Cruz, Olavo Barros, Pedro Couto Soares, Patrick Gallois, Trevor Wye and Vasco Gouveia.
In chamber music she had the opportunity to work with professors José Pedro Figueiredo, Ana Maria Ribeiro, Mafalda Nejmeddine, Miguel Ivo Cruz, Eugenia Moliner, Denis Azabagic, Paulo Martins, Nuno Inácio and Olga Prats.
She studied for two years at Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra in the Orchestra instrumentalist course, with the guidance of Professor Nuno Inácio and Maestro Jean-Marc Burfin. At the same institution, she had the opportunity to collaborate as a student with the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa. During this period, she also represented the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra with a wind quintet at various events, highlighting the live concerts for Antena 2 radio at Palácio dos Espelhos, in Lisbon.
She completed her degree at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa under the guidance of Professor Olavo Barros and, in the field of chamber music, with Professor Nuno Inácio.
She has worked with the Lisbon Young Musicians Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Portuguese Opera Company: L’Orchestra, the Beira Interior Young Musicians Orchestra, the Lisbon Film Orchestra and the Cascais and Oeiras Chamber Orchestra.
She is currently Professor of Transverse Flute at the Conservatório de Música de Cascais and at Escola Frei Gonçalo de Azevedo.
