Brazilian pianist
Catarina Domenici
earned a MM and a DMA degree from the Eastman School of
Music, where she was also awarded the prestigious
Performer's Certificate and the Lizie Teege Mason Award for
best graduate pianist. While at Eastman, she was a teaching
assistant to Rebecca Penneys. Prior to her graduate
studies, Catarina received a Bachelor of Music degree from
the Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, where she
studied with Beatriz Balzi, a renowned interpreter of Latin
American music. She also studied with pianists David Burge,
Yara Bernette, and Maria José Carrasqueira. A
prizewinner
in competitions as a chamber musician and soloist, Catarina
has also received prizes for her
recordings.
She has recorded for public radio and TV in Brazil and
the US, and appeared in concerts in South, Central and
North America. Catarina has received many
grants,
including full scholarships from the
Brazilian National Council for Science and Research
(CNPq) to pursue her graduate studies.
A dedicated and experienced
teacher,
Catarina has been working with a great diversity of
students since 1991. She is currently on leave of her
professorship at the Federal University of Rio Grande do
Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil. In the US, she served on
the faculty at Finger Lakes Community College and
Nazareth College, and is currently on the faculty at the
University at Buffalo, the Chautauqua Festival, and the
Eastman Community Music School. She is frequently
invited to give
master classes and
lecture-recitals,
and has served as an
adjudicator
in competitions in Brazil and in the US. Domenici is
presently living in Western New York where she leads an
active
performing
career.