grew up near Bergen into a musical family and began to play the violin already at the age of 3. Ten years later she moved across to the viola, the instrument that has become her livelihood. She studied for eight years with a Russian teacher in Bergen before starting her main studies at NTNU University of Trondheim with viola players Torodd Wigum and Björn Sjøgren as her main teachers. Almost immediately after graduating she was engaged as one of the Trondheim Soloists and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra´s combination musicians and has since toured extensively in Europe and Asia with many of the world´s leading soloists. She has also performed on a series of recordings with both the Trondheim Soloists and the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, that have received critical
acclaim at home and abroad in recent years, including several Grammy nominations. F. Damas has also studied choral conducting at NTNU and has conducted the chamber choir Aurum for 2 years, leading them to victory in several competitions