Born in Lisbon, Sofia Pedro graduated cum laude in the Early Music Singing class of Xenia Meijer at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, after completing her bachelor degree in the same institution, in the Classical Singing class of Sasja Hunnego.

Having earned a first bachelor degree in Archaeology back in Portugal, Sofia’s subsequent career in music thrives by embracing constant challenges, specially in the field of Early Music. She is interested in the nuanced musical expression of human emotion, performing repertoire from the medieval to the contemporary.

With diverse experience in Oratorium and Opera, she has extensive experience in solo and ensemble work (Hemony Ensemble, Apollo Ensemble, Musica Temprana, Bando do Surunyo, Capella Sanctae Crucis, Americantiga Ensemble, Ensemble Tramuntana, Super Librum, La Favorita).
She is presently developing several projects, as Cantus Quintus, a consort for voice and viols, “Lianor e a fonte”, a program of 16th century Portuguese secular music with historical pronunciation with Ariel Abramovich and Jonatan Alvarado, Lyra-Way, a duo with gamba player Xander Baker, and Casa de Fado Amsterdam (former Miras Trio), dedicated to Fado music.

Sofia is a founding member of the ensemble Seconda Prat!ca. With this group, she has performed in the Festival d’Ambronay and Festival du Sablé (France), Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik (Austria), Sevicq Brezice (Slovenia), Oude Muziek Festival (The Netherlands), Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen, Händel Festspiele Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Silbermann-Tage and Heinrich Schütz Musikfest (Germany), Stockholm Early Music Festival (Sweden) and in Japan, Latvia and Portugal. The ensemble’s first recording, “Nova Europa”, was released in 2016 by Ambronay Éditions. 

She also recorded in Jonatan Alvarado’s CD “Pajarillos Fugitivos”, with the Ayros recording label, launched in 2018 and nominated for the International Classic Music Awards.

She was a finalist of the 9th Classical Singing competition of the Rotary Club Foundation, in Portugal, and has been invited as a soloist to perform at the Abu Gosh festival and in solo recitals in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa (Israel).

She has attended masterclasses of Dame Emma Kirkby, Isabel Rey, Claron McFadden, Ira Siff, Alexander Oliver, John Potter and Elena Dumitrescu Nentwig.

Sofia performed the role of Eglé in the Portuguese première of Rameau’s Daphnis et Eglé, staged by Jean-Denis Monory; she sang as Spirit in Cendrillon (Massenet) with the Dutch National Opera Academy and she performed in the opera Fairy Queen (Purcell) at the Festival Travelling in Baroque.
Sofia has performed the following roles in staged operas: Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni), Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica (Puccini), Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart), Carmen in Carmen (Bizet), Belinda, 1st Witch, 2nd Woman and Spirit in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), Bruxa/Witch in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Maman and Libellule in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (Ravel), and Eurydice in Orphée et Eurydice (Gluck).

She has performed as a soloist in Great Mass in C minor and Requiem (Mozart), Kaiserrequiem (Fux), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Messiah (Händel), Gloria (Vivaldi), Magnificat em Talha Dourada (Eurico Carrapatoso) and Missa Crioula (Ariel Ramirez).

Sofia holds a bachelor degree in Archaeology, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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