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Mafalda Tuna
Violin Teacher & Suzuki Early Childhood Education Teacher
European Suzuki Association
Introduction
Ms. Mafalda Tuna is a Portuguese violinist, Suzuki violin and Early Childhood Music teacher, currently based in Antwerp (Belgium).
In 2011, Ms. Mafalda joined the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo (Portugal), studying with Marta Eufrázio, António Saiote, Ryszard Woycicki. During her bachelor studies she took part in the Erasmus programme, allowing her to study with Ulf Klausenitzer and Dirk Mommertz at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (Germany). In 2018, she completed her master studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels (Belgium) in the class of professor Yossif Ivanov.
Ms. Mafalda has given concerts and attended music festivals and courses in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, Romania, Sweden and Portugal, working with conductors including Martin Andrè, Nuno Coelho, Johannes Gustavsson, Antony Hermus, Kristopher Konig, Mark Wigglesworth. She has attended masterclasses with renowned violinists such as Carlos Damas, Liana Isakadze, Gordan Nikolitch, Gerardo Ribeiro, Tatiana Samouil.
Her childhood experience of Suzuki method has led her to train as a Suzuki teacher, so since 2020 she's been following the Suzuki Teacher Training at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, under the guidance of Koen Rens, Veerle Van Gorp and Wim Meuris. During 2023, she also did the Suzuki Early Childhood Education training with Patricia Rüttimann.
Ms. Mafalda has been teaching privately since 2016, and also working in music academies and schools in Belgium, besides she has also given workshops in Portugal, Italy and the Netherlands. Her greatest joy lies in teaching music, sharing her profound passion for the violin, and inspiring her students to discover their own musical voices. For Ms. Mafalda, music is a unique form of communication, a transformative experience—a bridge to deeper connections and a more profound understanding of the world around us.
Degrees and Qualifications
Postgraduate Suzuki Teaching Method (Violin) European Suzuki Association (level 4-5), Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
Postgraduate Suzuki Teaching Method (Violin) European Suzuki Association (level 1-3), Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
Master of Arts (MA) of Music: Violin Performance, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
ERASMUS Programme, Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Violin, Escola Superior de Música e Artes doEspectáculo do Porto
Suzuki ECE (level 1), Teacher trainer: Patricia Rüttimann
Teaching Experiences
8 years of in-person and online violin and music lessons - beginners, adults and advanced students
2023-2024 Violin teacher Suzukiacademie
2023-2024 Violin and group teacher at Academie voor Muziek, Woordkunst-Drama& Dans Geel
2022 Violin group teacher at Lycée Français International d'Anvers
Suzuki Workshops
2014 SECE and Violin Teacher in the "Suzuki Workshop" Biezenmortel - the Netherlands)
2023 Teacher in the "Suzuki Tesib Day Belgium" (November 2023, Lier -Belgium)
2023 Teacher in the "Tuning in Together Workshop" (July 2023, Porto -Portugal)
2023 Teacher helper in British Suzuki Gala 2023 (April 2023, London - England)
2022 Teacher in the "Viool Workshop in de Boomsspijker" (October 2022,Amsterdam - the Netherlands)
2021 Organizer, coordinator and teacher "Introduction to violin" (August 2021,Pescara - Italy)
Orchestral Experiences
2022-present Virago Orchestra (BE)
2021 Arte Amanti Chamber Orchestra (BE)
2019-2022 Orquestra Clássica do Politécnico do Porto (PT)
2019 -Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (BE)-Hulencourt Symphony Orchestra (BE)
2018-2019 -Frascati Symphonic (BE)-Antwerps Jeugdorkest (BE)
2018 Tiroler Festspierle Erl – Orchesterakademie (AT)2018-present Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa (PT)
2017 Nationaal Jeugd Orkest (NL)2016-present -Antwerpen Camerata (BE)-Orquestra XXI (PT)2016 Phoenix Chamber Orchestra (BE)
2015-2018 Symfonisch Orkest from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (BE)
2014-2015 HFM-Nürnberg Orchestra (DE)
2013-2014 Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa (PT)
2013 Aurora Symphony Orchestra (SE)2011-2015 Orquestra Sinfónica da ESMAE (PT)
2011 Orquestra Sinfónica de Leiria (PT)
2008-2011 Orquestra Momentum Perpetuum (PT)
Work with Conductors
Martin André, Jean-Sébastien Bérreau, Bart Bouckaert, Luís Carvalho, NunoCoelho, Michelangelo Galeati, Johannes Gustavsson, Antony Hermus, Raf deKeninck, Kristopher Konig, Gustav Kuhn, Wolfgang Kurz, David Navarro-Turres,Pascale Van Os, Pedro Neves, Norbert Nozy, Guido Rumstadt, António Saiote,Jaume Santonja, Dinis Sousa, Martim Sousa Tavares, Dimitris Spouras, KrisStroobants, Ivo Venkov, Bas Wiegers, Mark Wigglesworth
