Anne Victorino D'Almeida

Portuguese violinist and composer Born: December 15, 1978. Younger daughter of the composer António Victorino D'Almeida. At the age of seven, and already in Portugal, she began. her violin lessons at the Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças with Inês Barata, with whom she studied for eleven years, finishing at that same school the 8th degree under the guidance of Leonor Prado. In 1997 she joins the Rueil-Malmaison Regionional Conservatory (France) studying in the class of Dominique Barbier. A year later she returns to Lisbon and joins the class of Agnès Sarosi in the National Superior Academy of Orchestra, graduating in 2003. In 2014 she wrote the screenplay and music for the short film "A Carruagem", which she co- directed with the pianist João Vasco and which was awarded honorable mention at the Inatel Digital Film Festival and the 1st prize Grand Prix Cinérail in Paris. In 2019, her piece "Contos e Improvisos" for tuba and piano was awarded in lowa (EUA) with Harvey Philips Award for Composition Excellence, She was founding member of the Lopes-Graça Quartet since 2004 until 2014. Very dedicated to teaching, she has lectured violin since 2000 until 2012 at the Metropolitan Music Conservatory of Lisbon and has also been a teacher at the Music School of the National Conservatory since 2004. She is founding member of Camões Quartet and Rumos Ensemble.