Beatriz Salvador Pereira Alberto
🎓 Higher Education
University of Aveiro - Bachelor's Degree in Music (Percussion)
🏆 Awards and Distinctions
- 1st Prize (ex aequo), Category B – Spring Marimba Competition – International Solo Marimba Competition – Messina, Italy (2025) - 3rd Prize, Category C – Gondomar International Percussion Competition, Portugal (2024) – and also the prize for the best performance of the compulsory work by Francisco Ribeiro
📍 Current Path
She recently graduated from the University of Aveiro with the highest honors, under the guidance of professors Nuno Aroso, João Dias, Eduardo Cardinho, Rui Sul Gomes, and Richard Buckley. She will continue her studies in Geneva, at the Haute École de Musique de Genève (HEM), in a Master in Performance - Concert (Percussion) under the guidance of professors Philippe Spiesser, François Desforges, Christophe Delannoy, and José Fillatreau. Throughout her artistic career, she has participated in several masterclasses and festivals, notably her participation in the IV International Percussion Festival of Évora, the III International Percussion Festival of Évora, the Portimão Percussion Days (DPP'22), the International Marimba Academy, the Gondomar International Percussion Competition, the 5th Itinerant Percussion Festival (FIP), and masterclasses promoted by the University of Aveiro, working with Vicky Marques, Miquel Bernat, Jeffery Davis, João Matos, Hugo Danin, Ludwig Albert, Tiago Manuel Soares, João Braga Simões, Eduardo Lopes, Simantra Percussion Group, Carlota Cáceres, Joan Soriano, Agostinho Sequeira, and Seung-Myeong Oh. She was a member of the Youth Orchestra of Official Music Conservatories (OJ.COM) in the editions held in Funchal (2022) and Braga (2023), participated in the CODA Project – Algarve Orchestra, conducted by Pedro Carneiro, and was a member of the septet led by Miquel Bernat within the scope of the 5th Itinerant Percussion Festival (FIP). In 2024, she also recorded the mandatory work "Variações sobre a Liberdade IV – (Ainda) É Urgente o Amor", by Francisco Ribeiro, for which she was awarded at the Gondomar International Percussion Competition. She performed with Gru(P)UA at the Espinho International Music Festival (FIME) and at PERCUria – Calouste Gulbenkian Artistic School of Music, in 2024 and 2025. In 2025, she also participated in the recording of the soundtrack for the animated film "Vasco da Gama – O Mar Infinito", with the Algarve Orchestra. She performed in concert with the Algarve Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Armando Mota, including a concert with Mário Laginha and Pedro Burmester, as well as with the Algarve Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Urbina, at CisterMúsica – Alcobaça Music Festival.
The Conservatório de Música de Loulé was synonymous with home for me for three years. I remember perfectly the many hours of travel I made and the enormous effort that was required due to living so far away, but I remember even better the smile with which I arrived at the conservatory upon meeting my friends and the people I liked so much. It was a space that offered excellent conditions, as well as diverse projects and activities, in which I was able to grow and learn immensely, both musically and as a person. I will carry with me forever the friends and colleagues I made, the tireless support and teachings of the teachers, especially my dear Professor Vasco Ramalho, the great affection of the staff, and all the memories built there. I have much to thank all the people who were part of my journey for, for everything they taught me and for all the good moments of sharing.
— Beatriz Salvador Pereira Alberto