Artists

Qualified by The New York Times as an 'exceptional lied accompanist,' Brazilian pianist Marcelo Amaral has positioned himself as one of the most internationally sought-after collaborative pianists. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Indiana, and since winning the Robert Schumann International Competition in 2009, he has collaborated with numerous singers, including Christoph Prégardien and Roman Trekel. He is a frequent guest at Wigmore Hall in London, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and the Oxford Lieder Festival. Among his most important musical influences are prominent artists such as Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Malcolm Martineau, and Peter Schreier. Marcelo Amaral is a member of the Arts Council of the Hugo Wolf Academy, and since 2014, he has held a chair in Lied Interpretation at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg.