Who am I?

Name: Maria Isabel Lopes de Mendonça
Date of birth: 19 February of 1994
Country: Portugal
Email: [email protected]

Secondary School of Seia | 2009 - 2012

I began my contact with the artistic domains in 2009, at the Secondary School of Seia, where I had History of the Visual Arts, Drawing and Descriptive Geometry, Multimedia and Studio Arts. I concluded the secondary course with a local grade of 18,7 (in a scale of 0 to 20). I applied for the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Oporto with grades in the national exames of 20 at Descriptive Geometry, 18 at Drawing and 17 at History of the Visual Arts (in a scale of 0 to 20).

University of Oporto | 2012 - 2014

The Faculty of Architecture of the University of Oporto (FAUP) has a nation and worldwide recognition and assists his students with a requirement and higher education. At the date I am finishing the year 2 of a 5 years Integrated Master Course in Architecture. In 2013 I participated in the drawing of ruins workshop, at the roman village of Conimbriga, with the teacher Pedro Alcarcão.

Extracurriculum

I made, until 2012, the Complementary Course of Music, in the instrument of piano, at the Regional Conservatory of Coimbra. In 2012 I started the Superior Course of Music at ESMAE (Superior School of Music and Stage Arts), as well in Oporto. I was distinguished with the second prizes, in 2011 and 2012, at the National Piano Competition of Coimbra and at the International Piano Competition Florinda Santos in São João da Madeira, respectively. In 2014 I participated in a Euroclassical Concert, that took place in the Conservatory of Music of Oporto, with the Coro de Câmara of ESMAE, directed by Barbara Francke. I also participated in masterclasses with the pianists Álvaro Teixeira Lopes, Paulo Oliveira and Gustaaf von Manen.