INÊS ANDRADE
DIRECTOR & PIANO FACULTY
Portuguese pianist Inês Andrade performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician, having presented concerts throughout Europe, North America, China, Singapore, and Cape Verde. Recent engagements include appearances at the Bay Chamber Concerts, All-Steinway, All Together Gala, Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, Festival Internazionale di Musica de Pordenone, and performances in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (US), The Esplanade (Singapore), Shenzhen Concert Hall (China), Centro Cultural de Belém (Portugal), and Alexander Girardi Hall (Italy).
She has been praised for her "wonderful musicianship" and “excellent technique” (Diário de Notícias), after her performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Lisbon Sinfonietta Orchestra. Inês has also appeared as a soloist with the NYU Symphony Orchestra, the MPMP Orchestra, and the Lisbon National Conservatory Orchestra, among others. She regularly collaborates with ensemble ALEA III and is a member of the ensemble Virtuoso Soloists. She has recorded for MEP Italia, Framart, and MPMP and was invited to participate in the documentary “A Vida Breve de António Fragoso” for the Portuguese national TV channel - RTP. Inês has taught piano, chamber music, music theory, and ear training at NYU Steinhardt, Boston University, EKS Music School, Kingsley Montessori School, and Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal). She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Bendada Music Festival (Bendada, Portugal).
Inês holds a Bachelor of Music and a double Master's in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, and a Master’s degree from New York University. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University, where she studied with Pavel Nerssesian. Inês is a laureate of the 2013 Steinhardt Concerto Competition and the 2011 Portuguese Young Musicians Prize and was distinguished by the BU Women’s Council, the BU Arts Initiative, and the Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda.