Borned in São Paulo, Brazil, Ligia Armadio is acclaimed for her high artistic standards, her charisma and her expressive performances, developing her career through international stages all around the world.
She was the first woman to receive an award in the renowned Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 1997. In 1998, she won the 2nd Latin American Competition of Orchestra Conductors in Santiago, Chile. In Brazil, Amadio was awarded as “Best Conductor” by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics in 2001 by the Carlos Gomes Award, in Brazil in 2012.
Ligia Amadio leads the International Symposium Women Conductors, created in 2016. For this realization she is one of the finalists for the 2019 Classical: NEXT Innovation Award, in Rotterdam. In Brazil, Ligia Amadio was chief conductor and artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra (1996 to 2008), of the Campinas Symphony Orchestra (2009), of the Symphonic Orchestra of The University of São Paulo (2009 to 2012); in Argentina, of the Cuyo National University’s Symphony Orchestra (2000 to 2003) and of the Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra (2010 to 2014); in Colombia, of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra (2014). From 2017, she became the artistic director and chief conductor of the Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra.
She completed a degree in production engineering, a bachelor degree in Conducting and master degree in arts at the State University of Campinas. At this moment, she works in her doctorate in music at the State University of São Paulo.