Graduated as a pianist from the "Hanns Eisler" School of Music in Berlin, where he studied with Annerose Schmidt and Hella Walter-Arndt, and participated in several international masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Leon Fleisher, Brigitte Engerer, and Graham Johnson.
Matthias has appeared in concert as collaborative pianist with some of today’s most distinguished opera singers, including Olga Peretyatko, Dmitry Korchak, Anna Samuil, Lena Belkina, Alfredo Daza and Marina Prudenskaya.
As both soloist and collaborative pianist, he has received numerous awards at international competitions. In 2016, he was awarded the prize for Best Collaborative Pianist at the “Triomphe de l’Art” Competition in Brussels.
He has performed in some of the world’s leading concert venues, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, the Moscow International House of Music, the Berlin State Opera, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.
He has also taken part in numerous live broadcasts and CD recordings.
Since 2006, he has been a Professor at the “Hanns Eisler” Academy of Music in Berlin.
Born in 1989 in Macau, Pedro Costa studied in Portugal with Fausto Neves in Espinho and Luís Filipe Sá at ESMAE in Porto. He later completed, with distinction, a Master’s degree in Piano with Piet Kuijken at the Brussels Conservatory, and a Master’s in Vocal Accompaniment / Lied at the University of Graz, studying with Joseph Breinl and Julius Drake.
He has won prizes in several national and international competitions, most notably the 1st Piano Prize at the Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition in Vienna (2021) and the 2nd Prize at the "Franz Schubert & Modern Music" International Lied Competition in Graz (2022).
He has performed at various European concert halls, including Wigmore Hall in London, the Große Saal Mozarteum in Salzburg, Casa da Música, and the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB). He has also appeared as a soloist with several Portuguese orchestras.
Colabora regularmente como professor e músico convidado com o projeto educativo Xiquitsi em Maputo, Moçambique. Como co-fundador e Diretor Artístico do “Projeto:Canção”, criou um festival dedicado ao Lied no Porto, em 2022, com a missão de promover este género em Portugal.
In addition to various recordings for Antena 2 (Portugal) and ORF (Austria), he has released two albums featuring works by Portuguese composers
Based in Vienna, Pedro Costa has held the position of vocal coach and accompanist professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 2017
João Araújo specialized in vocal accompaniment and chamber music at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Simon Lepper, Nigel Clayton, and Roger Vignoles. He previously earned his degree at ESMAE, in the class of Madalena Soveral, and completed a Master’s in Music Education at the University of Minho, under the guidance of Luís Pipa. As a collaborative pianist, he has received several awards, including “Best Collaborative Pianist” at the Montreal International Music Competition (Canada) and at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards at Wigmore Hall, in addition to a nomination for the Gerald Moore Award (UK).
His concert activity has taken him to perform in several countries across Europe and the Americas.
He regularly works as a collaborative pianist in masterclasses with renowned artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa, Graham Johnson, and Pascal Moraguès, among others.
Currently, he serves as a vocal and strings accompanist at the University of Aveiro and at ESART in Castelo Branco.
He is the co-director of “Projeto\:Canção,” a festival dedicated to Lied and chamber song, founded in Porto in 2022.
Holding a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies and Management from ISCTE and a Bachelor’s degree in Piano from ESML, he completed his piano studies at the National Conservatory with the highest honors. A winner of several competitions, he performs regularly in concerts across the country and abroad in various ensembles, with a strong focus on promoting Portuguese musical heritage.
Works in a duo with cellist Nuno Cardoso, soprano Sofia Marafona, and pianist Philippe Marques—with whom he has already released three CDs.
He is the President of the Board of MPMP Património Musical Vivo, an association he founded in 2009. In this role, he has been responsible for concert programming, presenting several lecture-recitals, and the musical and artistic direction of unprecedented recordings. These include the complete recording of João Domingos Bomtempo's sonatas (by Philippe Marques) and the keyboard works of Carlos Seixas (by José Carlos Araújo). He has also recorded multiple times for Antena 2, for TV Brasil (during a 2014 tour), and premiered works by several contemporary composers for MPMP's various collections.
He was the executive director of Glosas magazine between 2017 and 2020. He is an assistant professor at the University of Évora and at the Escola Profissional da Metropolitana in Lisbon.
In 2014, he completed his Master’s degree in Music Teaching at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa under the supervision of Jorge Moyano and Miguel Henriques. To further refine his piano skills, he participated in masterclasses with Galina Eguiazarova, Sequeira Costa, Miklos Spányi, Fausto Neves, Roberto Turin, Artur Pizarro, Mikhail Markov, António Rosado, and Arcadi Volodos.
In the field of vocal coaching and accompaniment, he participated in workshops with João Paulo Santos, Claudio Desderi, Jory Vinikour, and Paul McCreesh. He has also worked on several opera productions, with notable collaborations including the Terras sem Sombra Festival, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the Opera Atelier of the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, and the Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa.
In 2023, alongside Armando Possante and the Grupo Vocal Olisipo, he recorded the album “Uma Grande Razão: Songs for Voice and Piano by Christopher Bochmann”, released by AVA Musical Editions.
He collaborates regularly with the Gulbenkian Choir as an accompanist and as a guest instrumentalist with the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Notable performances include playing as first soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s Graffiti, conducted by Hannu Lintu, and Pierre Boulez’s Pli selon pli, conducted by Pedro Amaral.
He is an Invited Assistant Professor of Rehearsal Practices at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa.
Born in Romania, she graduated in Piano from the National University of Music Bucharest. She has won awards in several competitions and recorded for Bucharest Radio and Television, as well as TV Cultura in Brazil.
Between 2000 and 2018, she lived in Brazil, where she was a pianist for the OSESP Foundation (São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra) and a piano teacher at the Municipal School of Music of São Paulo.
Participou em concertos com a Orquestra Sinfónica do Estado de São Paulo, Orquestra do Teatro Municipal de São Paulo e Orquestra Sinfónica da Universidade de São Paulo.
She has performed in concerts with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, the São Paulo Municipal Theatre Orchestra, and the University of São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
She has served as a guest pianist, teacher, or accompanist at several international festivals and competitions.
She was an accompanist professor at EPBI, ESART, and ANSO Metropolitana.
She has performed in concerts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Algarve Orchestra. Currently, she teaches piano at the National Conservatory and serves as an accompanist at the University of Évora.
She is a member of the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group and maintains an intense artistic schedule in solo recitals and chamber music. She also participates in the Solistas da Metropolitana series, organized by the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra.
