Marta Vicente was born in Lisbon. She began her music studies at the Fundação Musical dos amigos das Crianças, in the double bass classes of Professors Adriano Aguiar and Pedro Wallenstein. She also studied with Alejandro Erlich-Oliva and Duncan Fox.

She graduated in Double Bass and Violone at the Department of Ancient Music and Historical Interpretation Practices at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands), in the class of Professor Margaret Urquhart.

She attended masterclasses with Rainer Zipperling, Margaret Urquhart, Sigiswald Kuijken, Mieneke van der Velden, Ton Koopman, Jacques Ogg, Patrick Ayrton, Charles Toet, Richard Gwilt, Peter Holtslag and Daniël Brüggen.

She is the founder and artistic director of Real Câmara Baroque Orchestra, together with Diana Vinagre, having Enrico Onofri as the principal conductor.

She collaborates with specialized international groups such as La Grande Chapelle, Ludovice Ensemble, Ensemble Bonne Corde, Bando do Surunyo, Concerto Campestre, Sete Lágrimas, Capella Patriarchal, Divino Sospiro, Luthers Bach Ensemble, New Dutch Academy, Wallfisch Band, Opera2Day and La Suave Melodia.

She has performed at several festivals and countless concerts in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Finland, Malta, Brazil, Mexico and Japan. She plays regularly with the string orchestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa and performed with the Orquestra Gulbenkian, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa and Bremen Kammerphilharmonie.

She worked under the direction of Enrico Onofri, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Harry Cristophers, Alfredo Bernardini, Chiara Banchini, Cecilia Bernardini, Massimo Spadano, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Vittorio Ghielmi, Alberto Grazzi, Kenneth Weiss, Ketil Haugsand, Riccardo Doni, Vanni Moretto, Marc Hantaï, Marc Hantaï, Marc Hantaï Peter Van Heyghen, Albert Recasens and Michel Corboz.

She recorded about two dozen discs for record labels such as Naxos, Lauda, Dynamic, Pan Classics, Nichion, among others, as well as for Antena 2 and Radio France radios, and the television channels Mezzo and RTP.