Diana
Botelho Vieira

Diana Botelho Vieira was born in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, in 1984. She has performed in Portugal, Spain, France, United States and South America. Diana is a prize winner of Prémio Jovens Músicos competition, also receiving other awards such as Búzio Revelação (Expresso das 9) and Prémio Cultura (Correio dos Açores). She has appeared as a soloist with Conservatório de Ponta Delgada Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Académica Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras, Orquestra Clássica do Centro, and Sinfonietta de Ponta Delgada, under conductors Yuri Pankiv, Jean-Marc Burfin, Nikolay Lalov, José Eduardo Gomes, and Amâncio Cabral. Diana studied piano with Irina Semënova, Alexei Erëmine (Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra, Lisbon), and Ludmila Lazar (Chicago College of Performing Arts).