Alice dos Santos Houy

2023 – Finalist at CJ.COM (young competition) at the Escola Artística Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga. 2022 – 1st prize in Chamber Music (Flute and piano duo) at the II Internal Competition of the Conservatório de Música de Loulé-FR 2022 – Finalist of the II Internal Competition of the Conservatório de Música de Loulé – Francisco Rosado. 2021 – Finalist of the I Internal Competition of the Conservatório de Música de Loulé – Francisco Rosado.

She began her musical studies in 2018, in the “Banda vai à escola” project of the Banda Filarmónica de São Brás de Alportel, with teacher Rute Gomes. In 2020, she enrolled at the Conservatório de Música de Loulé — Francisco Rosado, in the class of Prof. João Lourenço, where she completed his secondary education. In 2023, he entered the University of Évora, where she completed her bachelor's degree in 2026, in the class of Professor Monika Streitova. In 2025, she participated in the Erasmus+ program in Italy, at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria, in the class of Professor Stefano Parrino. She has participated in several masterclasses with national and international teachers, such as: Gil Magalhães, Vasco Gouveia, Ana Ferraz, Michel Bellavance, Wéndela van Swol, among others. She has also participated in several wind orchestra internships across the country, most notably the EVAM - Summer Internship of the Banda Musical de Amarante. She is currently a flutist with the Banda Filarmónica de São Brás de Alportel, the Sociedade Filarmónica Artistas de Minerva, and two chamber music groups, PerFlussion Duo (Flute and Marimba) and the Flute Quartet of the University of Évora.