Inês Costa was born in Porto, Portugal. Following her Bachelor of Music (Honours) studies at the Royal College of Music, she has pursued both a Master of Performance and an Artist Diploma in Instrumental Studies (Piano) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Furthering her commitment to music education and to the development of her current teaching practice, she completed a Master’s Degree in Music Teaching at Universidade do Minho, Portugal, and is finalising a Master of Arts Degree in Music Education Practice, The Teaching Musician, at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Inês has performed extensively across Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Greece, gracing venues such as Porto's Coliseu, Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço (broadcasted as part of the Eurovision Festival 2018), London’s Barbican Hall (accompanist for the winning performance at the Gold Medal Competition 2021), Steinway Hall, Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Her concerto appearances include a tour in Portugal with Lisbon’s Metropolitana Orchestra playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Artave Orchestra and Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Beiras’ Philarmonic Orchestra.

Inês has garnered several accolades, including multiple first prizes in the CCM Competition, the Merit prize of the Ministry of Education (Portugal), and the Dra. Manuela Carvalho prize. She received several scholarships during her time at the Royal College of Music and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and was a finalist at the Yamaha Scholarship Competition and prize winner at both the 2017 Verão Clássico Masterclasses and the Musical Odyssey Summer Masterclasses. Additionally, she has been generously supported by organisations such as Talent Unlimited, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and Help Musicians UK.

Inês is also interested in conducting and received an invitation for the 2015 and 2016 EUYO’s Summer Tours (European Union Youth Orchestra), playing both the Piano and Celesta parts in Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5 with Xian Zhang as a conductor at the Berlin Konzerthaus and in Wiesbaden, and in Philip Glass’s Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko in Grafenegg. She has collaborated with various orchestras and conductors, worked with esteemed pianists and chamber music coaches, and has also explored harpsichord, fortepiano, percussion, and violin as second instruments.

Inês is a member of the ISM (Independent Society of Musicians), ISM Registered Private Teacher, and part of the EPTA Portugal (European Piano Teachers Association) staff team.