Joana Moura
Joana is a Brazilian double bassist currently based in Manchester, where she finished her Bachelor or Music and a Master of Music degree. She discovered the double bass at the Instituto Baccarelli in Heliópolis and has since performed with orchestras such as The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
She has also taken part in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Career Accelerator Fellowship and the Philharmonia’s Instrumental Fellowship, experiences which have given her the opportunity to work within a wide range of orchestral environments and alongside great musicians.
Orchestral performance forms the core of Joana’s musical life, but she is equally interested in collaborative projects that give the double bass a new voice. She is a member of the Brasis Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring the instrument’s rich possibilities in chamber music, and has been recognised with prizes for both chamber and solo performance.
Outside of music, she enjoys exploring new technologies, discovering innovative approaches to creative work, and sampling a good coffee!
Something I’m looking forward to:
I’m looking forward to be able to play alongside great musicians and experience different opportunities throughout the scheme. I’m really looking forward to learning from these experiences!
Music recommendation:
At the moment I’ve been listening to Todo Homem by Zeca Veloso. It’s a beautiful song with such poetic lyrics that it always makes me stop and listen to it. I love the simplicity and sensitivity of the music, and the way the words leave you with something to think about after the song has finished.
