Cellist Luis Almeida takes up two leadership roles in Canada

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Cellist Luis Almeida has taken up two leadership roles in Canada at the Windwood Music Festival and Infiniti Strings.

Almeida has been named executive director of Windwood Music Festival, where he will lead its development and long-term institutional expansion. Based in Alberta, Canada, Windwood provides emerging international musicians with opportunities to develop and present their own artistic projects through a competitive residency programme.

Additionally, he has been named as artistic director of Infiniti Strings, where he will be responsible for developing the institution’s artistic programming and expanding its presence within the Greater Toronto Area. The organisation has recently added a chamber music hall to its facilities and Almeida aims to establish an annual competition and launch a strings festival.

Almeida holds a Doctor of Musical Performance degree from McGill University. He is a recipient of the Olivier Toni Award for artistic excellence and the Research Alive Prize, and his research has been presented in lectures at ale University, the University of Toronto, and McGill University.

He serves as a member of the board of directors of the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival, where he founded Glimpses of the Future, a competition supporting young musicians.

He is also the co-founder of Duo Acalanto with pianist Amanda Kohn. He is signed to Século 30 Records and affiliated with the projects Musical Gym and Cello em Pauta platform.