Beatriz Oliveira

Maria Beatriz de Oliveira has a degree in Performance – Classical Guitar and a Master’s in Music Teaching from the University of Aveiro. She began her classical guitar studies at the age of 6 and during her career has premiered works by composers such as Clotilde Rosa, Jorge Peixinho, António Laertes and Inês Madeira Lopes. In 2021 he played as soloist in the world premiere of Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Orchestra by composer Rauhit Krishnan, with the PSP Symphonic Band.

She has performed both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles in various venues across Portugal. She has attended masterclasses with Martha Masters (USA), Helen Sanderson (England), Thomas Viloteau (France), Jonathan Leathwood (England), Dejan Ivanovic (Croatia), Zoran Dukic (Croatia), Daniel Wolff (Brazil), Juan Almada (Argentina), Redmon O’Toole (Ireland), Paulo Vaz de Carvalho (Portugal), Miguel Carvalhinho (Portugal), and Francisco Morais Franco (Portugal). As part of her complementary training, she has participated in courses and seminars such as “Musical Guidance for Children: Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory” at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, “Guitar Lessons with Children from Three Years of Age” and “The Art of Teaching” with pedagogue Stefan Schmidt.

Through collaborations with Portuguese female composers and with the support of the GDA Foundation’s Recording Grant for Performers, she will release her debut album, titled ODE, in 2025. She is a member of Duo SinTempo and frequently collaborates with the Portuguese Orchestra of Guitars and Mandolins.

Doctoral Project

Title

In Search of Lost Repertoires: Works for Guitar in Portugal Between 1850 and 1950

Orientação

Pedro Rodrigues and Isabel Rei Samartim (Public Conservatory of Compostela)

Abstract

This project proposes to investigate the guitar repertoire in Portugal between 1850 and 1950 through archival research processes within institutional and private networks, the editing of sheet music, and the performance of works using period instruments. The research aims to locate, collect, and catalogue this repertoire, systematizing the styles and formal genres found within it; to edit and record selected works with a view to their dissemination, the revitalization of the instrumental heritage of the period, and the creation of appropriate interpretative approaches; and to understand the relationship between the knowledge of post-1950 repertoire and the lack of information about the repertoire under study, in light of the phenomenon of silencing. In doing so, this investigation seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the history of the guitar in Portugal by addressing a century-long gap in which the presence, existence, and significance of this repertoire were diminished.

Keywords

Portugal; Guitar; Archive; Repertoire; Sheet Music Editing; Performance.

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2024.00424.BD)