Marcelo Amaral
Pianist
Acclaimed by critics as „the ideal accompanist“, brazilian pianist Marcelo Amaral is the winner of the Pianist Prize at the 2008 International Robert Schumann Song Competition. The New York Times called him a „superlative collaborator“.
He has received very meaningful musical influences from artists such as Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rudolf Jansen, Malcolm Martineau, Olga Radosavljevich, András Schiff, Peter Schreier and Roger Vignoles.
He is amongst the most cherished accompanist of his generation and performs with renowned artists such as Juliane Banse, Janina Baechle, Olaf Bär, John Chest, Melanie Diener, Soile Isokoski, Jochen Kupfer, Michaela Kaune, Christophe Prégardien, Julian Prégardien, Christoph Pohl, Birgid Steinberger, Carolina Ullrich, amongst many others...
Marcelo Amaral is also a dedicated pedagogue and is currently Professor for Song interpretation at the Nuremberg Musikhochschule in Germany.
His collaborations have been broadcasted by the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschland Radio Kultur, WDR/Arte and Radio France.
Featured Artists
- Louise Alder
- Benjamin Appl
- Eugene Asti
- Nikolay Borchev
- Katherine Broderick
- The Carice Singers
- Schubert & Co.
- Imogen Cooper
- Stéphane Degout
- Marcus Farnsworth
- Marta Fontanals-Simmons
- Maria Forsström
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
- Christopher Glynn
- Matti Hirvonen
- Graham Johnson
- Sophie Karthäuser
- Sholto Kynoch
- Simon Lepper
- Stephan Loges
- Elin Manahan Thomas
- Nathaniel Mander
- Malcolm Martineau
- Joseph Middleton
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Thomas Oliemans
- George Parris
- Rowan Pierce
- Christoph Prégardien
- Gweneth Ann Rand
- Ashley Riches
- Dorothea Röschmann
- Katharina Ruckgaber
- Carolyn Sampson
- Professor Michael Scott
- Toby Spence
- Cédric Tiberghien
- Anna Tilbrook
- Camilla Tilling
- Jac van Steen
- Kitty Whately
- Roderick Williams