BIO

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André Bertoncini is a Brazilian collaborative pianist specialising in Opera and Chamber Music.
Currently, he is studying for a Master of Arts in Piano Accompaniment at The Royal Academy of
Music, in London, under Professor Michael Dussek and James Baillieu. André has particularly
been collaborating with singers, performing at ‘Transcending Borders’ and ‘Spring Recital
Academy Song Circle’. Recently, he made his debut at Wigmore Hall playing for the Academy
Song Circle: Beginnings. Before coming to the UK, he worked as Assistant Collaborative Piano
Professor at the State University of Maringá, coaching singers and instrumentalists, and
coordinating an outreach project alongside students and the community through piano and
vocal masterclasses. He has also been Assistant Professor at the Music Festival of Santa Catarina,
working with vocal professors in masterclasses, as well répétiteur for opera rehearsals. André
holds a Bachelor degree from UNESPAR/EMBAP, in the class of the Russian Professor Olga Kiun,
with a scholarship from the Dieuwertje Meijer Project. Throughout his undergraduate
programme, he took private Harmony and Music Analysis lessons with conductor Osvaldo
Colarusso. André has also participated in music festivals, as well as playing in masterclasses with
Cristina Ortiz, Cláudio Soares, Ermis Theodorakis, Tim Ovens, Luiz Senize and Luiz Guilherme
Pozzi. He was awarded with first place at XXIX Latin American Rosa Mística Competition (2009)
and second place at X Prof. Edna Bassetti Habith Competition (2014).

André Bertoncini is a Brazilian collaborative pianist specialising in Opera and Chamber Music.
Currently, he is studying for a Master of Arts in Piano Accompaniment at The Royal Academy of
Music, in London, under Professor Michael Dussek and James Baillieu. Before coming to the UK,
his experiences include Assistant Collaborative Pianist Professor at the State University of
Maringá, and at the Music Festival of Santa Catarina, both in Brazil, coaching singers and
instrumentalists, as well as acting as répétiteur for opera rehearsals. André holds a Bachelor
degree from EMBAP, in the class of the Russian Professor Olga Kiun, with a scholarship from the
Dieuwertje Meijer Project.