MARTINS, Mathilde Braun

Mathilde Martins (Strasbourg, 1997) began her musical studies in 2013 at the Jobra Professional Course for String and Keyboard Instrumentalists (CMJ), where she completed the 8th grade of piano. During her three years of training, she performed as a solo and chamber music instrumentalist in venues such as the Belém Cultural Center, the Alba Cinema-Theatre, the Almeida Garrett Library, the Casa da Música café-concert, the Branca Cultural Center, and the National Conservatory's School of Music, among others. She also won an award in the chamber music category, intermediate level, at the 8th "FOLEFEST" accordion competition. In 2016, she enrolled in the composition course at the University of Aveiro, where she studied under the guidance of composers Sara Carvalho and Isabel Soveral. As a composer, she has presented works on various stages such as the Centro Cultural da Branca, the Teatro Aveirense at the "Reencontros de música contemporânea" (2019), at Calçada do Gato (Coimbra) at the artistic meeting "Just a Little Light" (2018), at Lisboa Incomum at the "Dias de Música Eletroacústica" festival (2019 and 2021), and at the University of Aveiro at the "Festival de Outono" (2021). A member of the EAW Students Lab, she has participated in several training courses such as the workshops "Audio Post-Production for cinema" with Nikola Medic, "Sound Particles: Presentation and Experimentation" with Nuno Fonseca (EAW2017), and at the Conservatório de Fátima with the duo "Machina lírica Duo" by Pedro Rodrigues and Monika Streitová. She completed her Master's degree in Music in 2021 with her dissertation "The Contemplation of Nature as a Sensitization Mechanics for Creation in Frames of an Introspective Narrative" and is currently enrolled in the composition area in the Master's program in Music Education and the Doctoral Program in Music at the University of Aveiro. She was an FCT scholarship recipient in 2023/2024. Her areas of interest in scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural production are related to the dissemination of cultural and natural heritage through musical artistic creation. From a more practical point of view in the area of ​​musical composition, she has shown great interest in mixed music and the creation of multimedia concerts.