Andrea Katz, pianist


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.

Since becoming an Australian resident in
1990, she  has  worked  with  all  major  
musical organisations in the country: Guest
Répétiteur with  Opera  Australia, Sydney  
Symphony, Sydney  Festival  and  Brisbane  
Festival,
Western  Australia  Opera  and  the  recently
created  Victorian  Opera  in Melbourne.

In association with the Art Gallery Society of NSW she presents every year the  Lieder and  Art Song
concerts for the Resonate series. In the last 6 years they have included performances of Schubert’s  
Die Winterreise and  Schwanengesang and  Brahms
Four Serious  Songs  with  Australian  baritone  Jonathan Summers
(and  a  subsequent   recording  for  ABC Classics),  Love  and  Death  songs  from  Schubert  to  Britten
with  soprano  Merlyn  Quaife, Wolf Lieder with  baritone  Peter  Coleman-Wright and recitals  with  
sopranos  Yvonne Kenny, Emma Matthews  and Sara Macliver.
In collaboration with the Sydney Omega Ensemble she has also performed her own arrangements of
Astor Piazzolla Tangos, a chamber adaptation of El Amor Brujo (1915) by Manuel de Falla and  of the
Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss.

In 2006  she  released  her  first  CD, “Lest we Forget”,  with  Melbourne  soprano  Merlyn  Quaife,
for the Tall Poppies label.

2007 saw her established in Melbourne, starting her year as one of the solo pianists for Les Noces
(Stravinsky) with Victorian Opera, teaching at the Faculty of Music and working with the MSO on Fanciulla
del West.

In 2008, she returned to the concert platform performing Chopin Concerto #2 with the Ushuaia Festival.
Together with mezzo-soprano Lauren Easton she was awarded the ABC Recording Prize at the 2008
Mietta Song Recital Award.

In 2009 she will participate in the development of the newly created Opera School as Head of Music.
For more information go to www.theoperaschool.com.au