André Ferreira
André Ferreira has a degree in Organ from the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Jacques van Oortmerssen, and also had the opportunity to work with Pieter van Dijk. He completed his Masters in Organ at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), under the guidance of João Vaz. He began his organ studies with António Esteireiro at the Gregorian Institute in Lisbon, later continuing with Jos van der Kooy at the Hague Conservatory. He currently attends a degree in Baroque Oboe, with Pedro Castro, at ESML.
As a soloist or as part of several musical groups, he has performed recitals in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Holland and England. He is a founding member of Ensemble 258, with which he is, this year, organizing and producing the early music cycle 7 Colinas / 7 Cantatas in Lisbon.
He collaborates as an organist, in Lisbon, with the Parish of S. Thomas Aquinas and the Parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.
He teaches Organ at the Diocesan School of Sacred Music of the Patriarchate of Lisbon, at the Mafra Conservatory and at the Cathedral of Faro.
André has a degree in Applied Mathematics and Computing from Instituto Superior Técnico.
He is currently a PhD student at Nova-FCSH.
Mary Bayley
Maria Bayley began her musical studies at the Gregorian Institute in Lisbon, studying harpsichord with Cristiano Holtz. He graduated in harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Jacques Ogg. He obtained a master's degree in medieval and Renaissance keyboards at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Corina Marti and in singing with a specialization in early music ensemble at the Tilburg Conservatory. He studied baroque harp as a second instrument in both master's degrees, with Emma Huijsser and Heidrun Rosenzweig respectively.
He regularly collaborates with La Academia de los Nocturnos, Cantores Sancti Gregorii, Palma Choralis and O Bando de Surunyo. He is vice-president of the Ars Hispana Association, dedicated to research and publishing Spanish music. He founded the ensemble Ars Lusitana in 2011, dedicated to performing mainly Portuguese repertoire, and with which he organized several Renaissance polyphony workshops. She is also a resident singer at the Academia de Polifonía Española in Pastrana.
He completed a master's degree in early music theory at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, after completing an internship for these studies at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, teaching the subject of Historical Interpretation.
Currently, he is a PhD student at the University of Coimbra.
Teresa Duarte
Soprano Teresa Duarte was born in Lisbon in 1991. She began her musical studies at the age of seven at the Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças, where she studied cello. He later joined the Academia de Amadores de Música, where she participated in several operas for children, as a soloist, and it was at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa that he completed his secondary education in music. She graduated in Singing from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. During her studies in Amsterdam, Teresa had the opportunity to work with Sasja Hunnego, Floris Visser, Ira Siff, Margreet Honig and Jos van Veldhoven, among others. As a member of the Gulbenkian Choir, Teresa has been directed by Michel Corboz, Lorenzo Viotti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philippe Herreweghe, John Nelson, Joana Carneiro, Lawrence Foster, Paul MacCreesh and Antoni Ros Marbà, among others. He collaborated with the Grupo Vocal Olisipo, the Orquestra XXI and the MPMP (Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa). Teresa participated in concerts as a soloist at the CCB, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Teatro São Luiz, Theatro Circo, Teatro Aveirense, Cine-Teatro de Alcobaça and De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam). During this season, she participated in the Big Bang LX19 Festival at CCB, in the Algarve Organ Festival, in a recital dedicated to Seicento Italiano at Casa-Museu Anastácio Gonçalves, and also in concerts with Ensemble 258, of which he is a member and co- founder, in Lisbon and Auckland.
