Luísa Gonçalves
Began the musical studies at the age of 4 with her family at home.
Next year entered Santa Cecilia Music Academy in Lisbon, and started to study piano with Sharon Miranda from USA.
Two years later with 7 years old she won a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to participate in the Willems International
Musical Training Meetings in Strasbourg and after a short time, she was invited to play Celesta with FCG Orquestra under the direction of Maurice Gendron, in a school musical event.
She completed the Piano Course at Porto Conservatory, and then joined ESMAE (Superior Music School and Performance Arts )where she completed her superior degree in Piano Performance.
Then enrolled in the Master's Degree in Piano Performance with the pianist António Rosado, with whom she worked for a year.
She began composing equally early.
Actually she is Musician, Pianist, Composer, and Improviser.
She released 4 solo albums as composer, improviser and interpreter:
BOOK OF SONGS with re-edition by 9 Musas -Codax in 2024;
CUCO- a children’s piano solo album commissioned by CML/ DMCultura ,
UNNO - solo piano works I , by Trem Azul/Clean Feed Editions ,
PROMENADES ENFANTINES à PARIS - Ruy Coelho Piano Solo Works and Impromptus;
UNDER YOUR BREATH solo piano worksII , by Clean Feed.
She works frequently with poets and released the Cd 2015 -CLORANTIDA with Rosalina Marshall.
She works frequently to the Label Creative Sources Records with whom she has about 20 collaborations in different albums as an improviser. She gives concerts regularly with Chamber
Musicians, Solo Piano, or different musical group formations or orquestra like VGO.
She is member of ESA -European Suzuki Association, (UK)being the first Piano Teacher accredited in this method to work in Portugal.
She has a private studio - Suzuki Piano Studio where she works as a freelance piano teatcher.
