A native of Lisbon, Portugal, Adriana has played music as long as she can remember. After graduating from the classical Conservatory at the age of 16, she flew to Paris to audition for the Berklee College of Music’s World Scholarship Tour. Adriana graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the prestigious “Berklee Achievement Award.”

While in the USA, Adriana honed her skills in performance, songwriting, arranging, production and music business. She worked in America as a professional musician, playing in many concerts, on recordings, for television and radio, and at private and corporate events. She started writing songs, and made a demo, leading to her signing with Universal Music.

Adriana’s debut album was produced between Boston and New York. It went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination, achieving top radio airplay, and her songs debuting on TV shows for millions of viewers including the Emmy-award winning soap opera “Meu Amor”.

Adriana released a second album “O Que Tinha de Ser” in which all songs are written and produced by her in Portuguese and English, with the exception of two covers, one of them in Spanish. With this album, Adriana toured extensively, including performing as the opening act for Seal.

Adriana has earned credits in the US with her work as a songwriter. “One More Mistake I Made” is a song co-written with Vince Gill and has reached Billboard 200. Adriana was recognized by the Recording Academy/Grammys as an up and coming artist.

After a brief hiatus to study Etnomusicology as an Arts and Humanities scholarship recipient of the University of London, Adriana is the newest curator of the online jazz radio show Jazzin’ and is also currently working on her debut album in English, pre-produced by Frank Filipetti (world-renowned producer for Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Frank Zappa, James Taylor and Billy Joel.)

Stay tuned…