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Born in Naples, Emma Abbate works as an official accompanist at Trinity College of Music, London, a repertoire and language coach for companies including Opera North, Pegasus Opera, and Mean Time Opera, and an official accompanist for competitions including the Royal Over-Seas League.
Emma has performed with both instrumentalists and singers in numerous prestigious UK venues such as the Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Aldeburgh Festival (for the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme), Southwark Cathedral, Blackheath Halls, the Italian Institute of Culture, and the Pump Room in Bath. Internationally, she has performed at the Salzburger Schlosskonzerte, Aldo Ciccolini Music Society in Naples, Anghiari International Festival with Southbank Sinfonia, the International Festival Santanellese in Sorrento, the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon, and for The William Walton Society in Ischia. Following her graduation from the S. Pietro a Majella Conservatoire in Naples at the age of only 19, and an Advanced Diploma from the S. Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome, Emma then studied in London with Yonty Solomon at the Trinity College of Music, from where she gained First Class Honours. She completed her studies with Geoffrey Pratley and Patsy Toh as a scholar at the Royal Academy of Music, from where she was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Accompaniment with Distinction. Her many prizes have included the Anglo-Czechoslovak Trust Award, the international Ibla Grand Prize as Distinguished Musician, the Jeejeebhoy prize for piano studies, the Grover Bennett Prize, and the AMA Calabria Award. Emma has also performed in masterclasses for distinguished musicians including Marcello Abbado, Roger Vignoles, Sherrill Milnes, and Rudolf Jansen. She was awarded an Italian Literature and Culture degree cum laude from the Federico II University in Naples, and often devises programmes and educational events based on Italian and Spanish themes.
Current projects include a world première recording of complete works for cello and piano by the contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Meyer, in collaboration with Evva Mizerska. The CD will soon be released by Toccata Classics.
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