About

Marta Mata is a young Portuguese pianist based in Brussels. Regarded by her expressive and passionate playing, Marta's solo performances are complemented by her participation in various chamber music projects. In these collaborations, she has premiered compositions by several Portuguese composers, such as Daniel Bernardes, Lino Guerreiro, and João Camacho. She has performed in many halls, namely CCB (Centro Cultural de Belém), Muziekgebouw, Museu do Oriente, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Picadeiro Real, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, and Theatro Thalia.

Marta has won awards in competitions like Oeiras Piano Competition (1st Prize) and INATEL/OML Prize. Additionally, she received a prestigious scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation during her studies with Professor Frank van de Laar at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

Currently she is pursuing a Master's degree under the guidance of Professor Aleksandar Madžar at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.

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— education —

2023 - Present
Master of Music, Major in Piano

Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Professor Aleksandar Madžar
Brussels, Belgium

2020 - 2023
Preparatory Course

Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Professor Frank van de Laar
Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016 - 2019
Bachelor Degree in Piano for
Chamber Music and Accompaniment
Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra
Professor Paulo Oliveira
Lisbon, Portugal


— prizes —

September 2021
Scholarship "Formação em Artes no Estrangeiro" by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation


June 2019
Oeiras Piano Competition - 1st Prize in Category E


February 2019
Prize INATEL/OML


March 2016
Prize Vitor Macedo Pinto


— important past
performances —

2023

  • August: SLiM in Grachtenfestival

  • July: Solo Recital at Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária de Palmela

  • July: SLiM in Palmela International Saxophone Festival

  • June: SLiM in Oranjewoud Festival

  • March: SLiM in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t Ij 

Before 2023

  • 2022, October: “Trio e Arranjo”, chamber music with musicians from Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa

  • 2022, May: solo recital at Papageno Huis; Laren, Netherlands

  • 2019, October: Soloist with Orquestra Académica da Metropolitana at Cineteatro da Academia Almadense

  • 2019, April: orchestra musician in Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana at Festival “Dias da Música” at CCB; Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2018, December: orchestra musician in Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana at Auditorio Nacional de Música; Madrid, Spain

  • 2015, March: Solo Recital at Teatro das Figuras


— masterclasses —

2023
Mariam Batsashvili; Nino Gvetadze; Paul Komen; Dejan Lazić

2022
Vladimir Viardo; 
Alexander Kandelaki; Aleksandar Madžar

2019
Naum Grubert; 
Lucas Debargue; Xavier Gagnepain

2018
Boris Berman; Josep Colom; Jura Margulis; 

2017 and before
Vladimir Tropp; Craig Sheppard; 
Katia Veekmans-Cieszkowski; Marles van Gent