Pianist, repetiteur
A pianist, accompanist and vocal coach of extraordinary versatility, Argentine born Andrea Katz is equally at home with Chamber Music, German Lieder and Grand Opera.
She studied piano with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris, Alexander Tamir in Jerusalem and specialised in the interpretation of German Lieder with Graham Johnson in London.
Since becoming an Australian resident in 1990, she has worked with all major musical organisations in the country: Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, Sydney Symphony, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane Festivals, Sydney Music Conservatorium and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
A prolific recital pianist, she performs regularly with prominent Australian and international singers and ensembles, including a yearly season at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Resonate Series. Highlights of the last 11 seasons are recitals with Yvonne Kenny, Peter Coleman-Wright, Emma Matthews, The Sydney Omega Ensemble, The Sydney Soloists, cellist David Pereira, and violinists Pekka Kuusisto and Gil Shaham.
She is the founder and Artistic Director of Songmakers Australia, Australia’s foremost vocal chamber music ensembles.
Since 2006 she is the Director of the Vocal Ensemble at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She is currently a Lecturer in Music-Répétiteur and Convenor of the MCM Art Song Festival.
She has released 2 CDs with soprano Merlyn Quaife, Lest we Forget (TP185) and Fortune my Foe for Move Records.
More about Andrea Katz at www.andreakatzpianist.com
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