Raquel Massadas
Raquel Massadas studied in Lisbon at the National Superior Academy of Orchestra, at Northwestern University in Chicago, and in London at the Royal College of Music.
Her professional activity as a violist included collaborations with ensembles such as the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. She subsequently began her studies in early music with Richard Gwilt and Enrico Onofri, and continued her advanced training with Elizabeth Wallfisch and Katherine McGillivray at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Raquel was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
She has made numerous recordings for Sony, CPO, Harmonia Mundi, Enja Records, Signum Classics, Berlin Classics and Naxos, notably with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Freiburger Barockorchester, Ensemble Deutsche Hofmusik, L’Arpeggiata, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Dunedin Consort, and Vox Luminis, among others.
She holds the position of principal viola with both B’Rock Orchestra and Deutsche Händel Solisten.
She is a member of the Dresdner Festspielorchester, the Baroque Orchestra of Casa da Música, Ensemble Bonne Corde and Barocksolisten München.
She performs periodically with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Vox Luminis and the International Bachakademie Stuttgart.
She also collaborates with the Schuppanzigh Quartet, having recorded the quintets of Ferdinand Ries.
In parallel with her musical career, she writes and publishes stories, short fiction and poetry.