Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Vinicius Lira began his higher music studies in 2012 at the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, under the direction of maestro Giampiero Pilatti. He later trained with Jessica Dalsant and received master classes from Emannuel Pahud, Pirmin Grehl, Emily Beynon, Michel Belavance, and Jonathan Kelly, among others.
Recognized in various national competitions, such as Prelúdio and Pre-Estreia on TV Cultura, Vinicius Lira won second prize in the III Youth Soloist Competition of the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015, where he was also selected as a promising talent.
A student of Jacques Zoon at the Reina Sofía School of Music, he received the Diploma for the most outstanding student in the flute professorship in the 2017-18 academic year from Her Majesty Queen Sofía. He later trained with Jessica Dalsant and has received master classes from Jaime Martín, Emannuel Pahud, Pirmin Grehl, Emily Beynon, Fenwick Smith, Carol Wincenc, Michel Belavance, Bulent Evcil, Nicole Esposito, and Jonathan Kelly, among others.
As a student of the School, he has been a member of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Plácido Domingo, and András Schiff. He has also been part of the Sinfonietta, directed by Johannes Kalitzke, Baldur Brönnimann, and Jorge Rotter; the Harmonie Group, the Orfeo Quintet and Sextet, the Scarlatti Casa de la Moneda Quintet, the Cosan Group, and the Baroque Group.
He was a flautist and piccolo player with the Paraná Symphony Orchestra between 2013 and 2015, soloist with the Ponta Grossa Symphony Orchestra between 2011 and 2014, and soloist with the symphonic band of the Curitiba Music Office in 2016.
Actively involved in teaching, Vinicius Lira has been a flute professor at the Monteverdi Conservatory and at Musicarium – Brazilian Philharmonic Academy, a project that originated in southern Brazil with the aim of providing quality education for children and young people.