FONTE, Fatima

Fátima Fonte is a Portuguese composer living in Porto and London. She studied composition in Porto (ESMAE) and in the Conservatorium of Music of Amsterdam, with Richard Ayres. She was also in India studying Hindustani Music with a scholarship from Fundação Oriente.
Performances of her music have been given by the Nieuw Ensemble (Concertgebouw Amsterdam / Den Bosh), Icarus Ensemble (Italy / Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival UK), orkest de ereprijs (Young Composers Meeting Apeldoorn / Gaudeaumus Music Week NL).
In late years she has been working intensely with stage music. One of the main works – the opera buffa A Querela dos Grilos (libretto by Tiago Schwäbl) – has been presented in numerous Portuguese theatres.