Praised in The Clarinet Magazine for her “intense musicality … and unapologetic interpretations,” clarinetist Virginia Figueiredo is an internationally active performer, recording artist, and educator. She has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician, and her performances have been featured on radio broadcasts in both Portugal and the United States.
In Southern California, she performs regularly with The Pacific Opera Project, the Luso-American Duo, and numerous other orchestras and chamber ensembles. As a recording artist, Virginia has released three albums to critical acclaim: her debut solo album, Seule, was a 2018 Global Music Awards silver medalist, while her 2014 album with The Divan Consort, Refuge, earned a first-round GRAMMY nomination in 2015 as well as a Global Music Awards gold medal. Her latest album, Intuicion, was awarded a silver medal in 2020 by the Global Music Awards and was nominated for a GRAMMY. In 2025, Figueiredo established the 1st Interarts Music Festival in Portugal, an innovative inter disciplinary art festival with faculty from Texas A&M and students from the Portuguese region of Coimbra.
Virginia holds degrees from University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Fullerton, and the Lisbon Superior School of Music. Among others, she studied clarinet under Gary Gray, Håkan Rosengren, Nuno Silva, and Carlos Alves.
Virginia is Instructional Associate Professor of Woodwinds at Texas A&M, and a clarinet and music lecturer at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Loyola Marymount University, Moorpark College, Pierce College, Cerritos College, Long Beach City College, El Camino College, and at the LACC Herb Alpert Music Center.
Virginia is a Silverstein, Vandoren, and Yamaha endorsed artist.