Maria Afonso
Secretary
Born in Fundão, she began her musical studies at the age of 10 at the Fundão Academy of Music and Dance with Paula Margarida Galhano and later with João Mendes. During her academic and artistic career, she won prizes in national competitions and took part in masterclasses, orchestral and chamber music projects at national and international level. She graduated from the University of Minho in the class of professors Eliot Lawson and Ilya Grubert. She later studied early music, baroque violin, with Luca Giardini in Parma. She is an executive member of the Associação Musical Sinfonietta de Braga and teaches violin and coordinates the Conservatory of Music at the Alfacoop College in Braga.