Anne Victorino D' Almeida

Violinist and composer Anne Victorino d’Almeida was born in Poissy, France, in 1978. She showed an interest in studying music from a very early age, beginning piano lessons at the age of four in Vienna, Austria, where she lived.

Upon moving to Portugal at age 7, she joined the Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças, where she studied violin for 11 years, completing the 8th grade at that institution.

After an academic career split between Portugal and France, the artist completed her bachelor’s degree in 2003 at the National Superior Academy of Orchestra, where she later pursued a course in orchestral conducting.

Throughout her career, she has performed with various orchestras, notably the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Sinfonietta, and the Gulbenkian Orchestra.

She was also one of the founders of the National Conservatory Quartet, with which she has performed in numerous concerts.

In 2015, the Guarda Contemporary Music Cycle featured the premiere of several works by Síntese – Guarda Contemporary Music Group, composed by Fernando Lapa, Jaime Reis, and Anne Victorino d’Almeida.

She also helped found the Rumus Ensemble and the Camões Quartet in 2015, and the Lopes-Graça Quartet between 2004 and 2014. She participated as a composer-in-residence at the Gravíssimo Festival in 2017.

In 2019, she released a chamber music album, “A Sombra dos Sentidos,” supported by the GDA Foundation. In May of that year, she received the American Harvey Phillips Award for Composition Excellence for her work Contos & Improvisos.

Anne Victorino d’Almeida was also responsible for producing several soundtracks in collaboration with director Jorge Parente, and was awarded the prize for best musical score in the Teatro na Década 97 competition.

She also wrote the music for several plays by Florbela Oliveira, and in 2006 composed the soundtrack for the documentary Cartas a uma Ditadura (Letters to a Dictatorship), by Inês de Medeiros. She produced the music for various plays staged at the Portuguese Youth Institute and at the Comuna and Trindade Theaters.

Starting in 2000, she also worked as a violin teacher, having taught at the Lisbon Metropolitan Conservatory of Music, the Alcobaça Conservatory, and the Music School of the National Conservatory, among other institutions. In 2016, she became a teacher at the Amigos das Crianças Music Academy, where she herself had studied.

In 2017, she served as deputy director of the National Conservatory. She has also worked as a music teacher in Brazil and Mozambique. In 2019, she was appointed to the board of directors of the public entity Organismo de Produção Artística (OPART), which is responsible for managing the São Carlos National Theater (TNSC) and the National Ballet Company.

Anne Victorino d’Almeida is the youngest daughter of António Victorino d’Almeida and Sybil Harlé, and the sister of actresses Maria and Inês de Medeiros.