Gisele Nacif Witkowski
Piano

Pianist Gisele Nacif Witkowski's first performance at Carnegie Hall received critical acclaim from the New York Concert Review , which called it “one of the most genuinely fascinating recital debuts in many a moon.” Ms. Witkowski has performed extensively throughout Brazil, the United States, China, and Europe.

A native of Brazil, she received her Master's degree in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and is in the final stages of her doctoral studies at the Hartt School of Music. Ms. Witkowski has won a number of first prizes in piano competitions such as the Villa-Lobos National Contest and the Artists International Young Artists Piano Award. She has been performing as a soloist with the the São Bernardo Philharmonic Orchestra, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared in chamber music concerts with the City of São Paulo String Quartet and the Fine Arts Quartet, among others. Ms. Witkowski has also performed extensively in Italy at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and at the Ravello concert series, “Music of Two Americas”. Mrs. Witkowski also performs regularly with her husband, pianist Fabio Witkowski, as the Witkowski Piano Duo.  They have appeared together in such prestigious settings as the Gardens of Villa Rufolo, Italy, at Carnegie Hall, and at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, in Washington, DC, as part of “Ravello in America”, an annual celebration of the international Ravello Music Festival. Their first piano duo CD “Four-Hands Piano Music from United States, Russia, and Brazil” has been widely broadcasted in radio stations throughout Brazil and United States, including WQXR, the New York Times Radio Station, and XM Satellite Radio.

Ms. Witkowski is head of the Piano Department at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut where she has taught since 1999. She is also the director of the Piano Division of the Hotchkiss Summer Arts Program in Italy held in cooperation with the Amalfi Coast Music Festival & Institute.

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