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Chanda VanderHart, pianist (United States of America)
Collaborative piano and art song interpretation.

 

Chanda VanderHart graduated with distinction from the Eastman School of Music. As a Fulbright Grant recipient, Chanda did graduate work in Milan and Vienna with David Aronson, Maria Grazia Bell’Occhio,·Julius Drake, Anna Fre, Carolyn Hague, David Lutz, Kristin Okerlund,·Antoinette Van Zabner and the Altenberg Trio. She received a Performance Diploma in Opera Coaching from the Vienna Conservatory in 2005, and completed her Master’s Degree in Lied and Oratorium Accompaniment in·2006. She is currently working on a PhD at the University of Music in Vienna after receiving a post-graduate diploma with honors in vocal accompaniment as a student of ·Julius Drake·in July, 2012. She has also participated in master classes with outstanding musicians including·Barbara Bonney,·Helmut Deutsch, Matthias Goerne, Rober Holl,·Wolfgang Holzmair,·Rudolf Jansen, Paul Katz,·Angelika Kirchschlager, Anne Murray,·Jard van Nes,·Wolfram Rieger, Birgid Steinberger,·Roman Trekel·and·Roger Vignoles.

 

She has performed throughout Europe and North America on stages including London’s Wigmore Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein, and has coached, collaborated with and/or accompanied musicians such as Johan Botha,·Katarina Bradic, Frederike Faust, Ronald Fuchs, Günter Haumer, Magdalena Hofmann,·Wolfgang Holzmair, ·Falko Hönisch, Alexander Kaimbacher, Christina Lamberti, Rusalina Mochucova, Rebecca Nelsen,·Dominik Nostitz, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Deborah Polaski, Emilio Pons, Jörg Schneider and Michael Spyres among many others. She also works with numerous additional organizations such as Broadway Connection, Ensemble LUX, Mid-America Music (New York, Zlin, Viena, Syros), the Brahms Museum Mürzzuschlag, the Feldkirch Festival (Feldkirch), Prayner Conservatory for Music and Dramatic Arts (Vienna), Proscenium Artists’ Management, the Vienna International School, Austroconcert (Vienna), Festspielhaus (St. Pölten), the Performing Arts Company (Vienna) and AIMS in Graz, where she taught in 2014.

 

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