Sofia Costa was born in Vila Nova de Gaia and began her musical studies at the age of three. She trained at the Escola de M\u00fasica de Perosinho and at the Porto Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded the Madalena S\u00e1 e Costa \/ Porto City Council Prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Percussion from the Escola Superior de M\u00fasica e Artes do Espect\u00e1culo (ESMAE) in Porto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is currently pursuing Master\u2019s studies at ESMAE and at the Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (ESART). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a percussionist, she has collaborated with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Drumming GP, the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, and the European Union Youth Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has worked with conductors such as Susanna M\u00e4lkki, Vasily Petrenko, and Ivan Fischer, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has also shared the stage and given masterclasses with musicians including Nuno Aroso, Nick Woud, Vanessa Porter, Christian Dierstein, Gimpas Duo, Viviane Vassileva, and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lez\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sofia Costa has performed in concerts at venues such as Casa da M\u00fasica, Teatro Nacional S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UNESCO Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, Het Concertgebouw, and Wolkenturm Grafenegg.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18353,"template":"","categories":[41],"ano":[85,32],"com-pagina":[65],"class_list":["post-18352","artista","type-artista","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pagina_artistas","ano-85","ano-corrente","com-pagina-sim","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t