Ana Margarida Cardoso

Biography

PhD in Music – Ethnomusicology, Ana Margarida Cardoso began her musical studies in the Seia and Gouveia bands. After enrolling at the Seia Conservatory of Music, she opted for professional education and completed the Wind and Percussion Instrumentalist course at the Serra da Estrela Professional School (EPSE), publishing what became the book “O Oboísta e a Palheta Dupla”. This was followed by a degree in Musical Sciences at the FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH) and a Master’s in Teaching Music History at the University of Aveiro (UA). She lectured at EPSE (Seia), at the Coimbra Regional Conservatory, at Colégio de São Teotónio (Coimbra) and currently at the Alentejo Litoral School of Arts. She was part of the research teams of the R&D projects “Our music, our world: philharmonic bands, musical associations and local communities (1880-2018)” (PTDC/CPC-MMU/5720/2014) and “Being a musician in Portugal: the socio-professional condition of musicians in Lisbon (1750-1985)” (PTDC/ART-PER/32624/2017), both funded by FCT. She has organized several academic events, such as Post-ip – Post-in-progress (2017-2022) and non-academic events, such as the Serra da Estrela Piano Festival, whose artistic direction she has been part of since its first edition (2019). With several years of associative experience, she is Vice-President of the Patrimónios da Estrela Association and President of the General Assembly of the Nós é Mais Bichos Association. She is currently the manager of the ERA Chair project “MusicAnalytica,” developed at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra. She is also pursuing a master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy at ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute.