alchemy music mentoring
From a young age In Brazil, I received an extensive music education. I studied
piano and clarinet and had experience with orchestra and choir. I loved the
connection with my teachers, fellow students, and the music itself.
Consequently, I studied conducting at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. I
decided to deepen my studies in Europe, focusing on early music and voice which
led me to live and work in France and Germany for 11 years. I obtained the
Diplome d Etudes Musicales at the conservatorium of Strasbourg (France) and a
Master of Music from the University of Trossingen (Germany). My studies included
vocal technique and interpretation, historically informed practice, harpsichord,
and baroque theatre. I was fortunate to study, and work professionally as a
vocal coach, choir conductor, and sang with leading European figures and groups,
in the world of early music. In 2016, I returned to Brazil and worked on two
important projects: Guri and Anima. Guri is a long-standing very influential
institution in Sao Paulo, which offers free music education to disadvantaged
children. Anima is a renowned musical group with 30 years of intensive research
on the musical imagination of Brazil. I was invited as a soloist singer to
record its last CD, Mar Anterior which establishes a dialogue between the Afro
tradition of Candomble and Portuguese songs composed by the medieval King D.
Dinis.
