Greta Benini, pianist (Italy)
Collaborative piano and vocal coach

Greta Benini graduated with distinction from the Conservatory of her home town, Ravenna, Italy. She subsequently stdied at the Accademia Internationale at Florence and at the Accademia Pianistica at Imola, the Hoschchule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst as a solo pianist, and the Vienna Conservatory.

She collaborated closely with Paul Hamburger (Lied and Oratorium) and the legendary Italian coach Ubaldo Gardini (Covent Garden, London). Since 2000 she has worked in Vienna as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach at the Volksoper; Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Institute for European Studies, and Kammeroper. Since 2006, Greta Benini is a member of the Faculty of the Vienna State Conservatory and since 2010 is a Senior Artist at the Performing Arts University of Graz. She is also the official accompanist of the International Competition ÖJAB (Vienna-Tokyo).

Greta Benini has worked as a collaborative pianist in a great number of master classes and working sessions with Angelika Kirchschlager (University of Graz), Michael Schade (Musikverein Wien), KS Hilde Zadek, KS Walter Berry, Robert Holl, Carlos Montané, Antonio Carangelo, Helena Lazarska, KS Birgid Steiberger (Wiener Meisterkurse), and Franz Lukasowsky. In addition, she has served as a vocal and Italian diction coach for the ORF CD-production of Don Giovanni with Bertrand de Billy and Die Walküre at the Auditorium, A Coruña, Spain with Víctor Pablo Pérez. As a stage partner and vocal coach Greta Benini has worked with world-renowned singers, which have included: Bryn Terfel, Andre Rost, Gregory Kunde, Genia Kühmeier, Wolfgang Holzmair, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Melba Ramos, Florian Boesch, Birgid Steinberger, Arona Bogdan, Dario Schmunck,Regina Schörg, etc.

Session III