Marta Pereira da Costa

Marta Pereira da Costa is the World’s first woman to play Portuguese Guitar professionally in Fado. The Portuguese guitar is well associated with Fado, and Marta, not forgetting her roots and tradition, risked new sounds and gives her instrument a voice in the world of Jazz, World Music and Portuguese Music.

Marta began her musical training on the piano at the age of 4; she studied 2 years of classical guitar at age 8; and at 18, she transitioned to the Portuguese Fado Guitar under Carlos Gonçalves, Amália Rodrigues’ guitarist. She graduated in Civil Engineering, and after exercising the profession for 8 years, she abandoned her professional activity in 2012 and dedicated herself exclusively to music and the Portuguese Guitar, thus starting her solo career.

In 2014 she was distinguished by the Amália Rodrigues Foundation with the “Instrumentalist Award”. In 2016, she released her debut album with Warner Music Portugal, which featured the participation of well-known names from the World Music scene, such as bassist Richard Bona, and from the Portuguese music scene, such as Dulce Pontes, Camané and Rui Veloso.