Born in Brazil to a German-Russian mother and an Italian father, de Almeida took his first piano lessons from his sister and, at age 13, made his debut in São Paulo, playing Mozart Piano Concerto in D major (KV 537). 

After graduating from Medical School and completing his piano studies in Brazil, he received a German scholarship to continue his music studies under Prof. Yara Bernette, at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, where he graduated with honors. He also attended master classes by Paul Badura-Skoda, Christoph Eschenbach, Nikita Magaloff, Elgin Roth, Magda Tagliaferro and Carlo Zecchi. 



Winner of several national and international competitions, including the Brazilian Young Soloists in Rio de Janeiro, the Covilhã Piano Competition (Gulbenkian Foundation Prize), the 1979 Viotti Competition in Italy and the 1980 International Gina Bachauer Competition in the USA.



As a Mozart interpreter he was invited to perform at prominent German music festivals: Würzburger Mozartfest, Kissinger Sommer, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Schwetzinger Festspiele, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival. 

Presently, apart from his radio and TV performances, de Almeida has participated in chamber music concerts and has given solo performances in Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, North and South America, as well as with leading German orchestras. In the field of modern music, he has given the works of Benjamin Britten and Brazilian Marlos Nobre their German premiere and was, after Heitor Villa Lobos, the first musician to record the Choros n. 11 (Sweden).

Artistic Director of the Londrina International Music Festival in Paraná, Brazil from 1990 to 1995. Invited to perform in Canadá (1990) and Brazil (1995) during the State Visit of German Presidents Richard von Weizsäcker and Roman Herzog.

A member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Musikphysiologie und Musikermedizin (German Society of Medicin and Performing Arts) since 1995. 

Professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg since 1980, and at the Martin Luther Universität Halle Wittenberg since 1996. 

visit his homepage:

http://www.marcoantoniodealmeida.com 

Orchestras

Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz 
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg 
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden
Göteborg Symphonier - Sweden 
Hamburger Symphoniker 
Utah Symphony, USA 
Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Saarbrücken 
International Music Festival Orchestra Sorrento 
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philarmonie, Koblenz 
Chur Cölnisches Orchester, Bonn 
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie 
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie 
Mozart Orchester, Hamburg 
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn 
Gürzenich Orchester, Köln 
Sodré Symphony Orchestra, Montevideo, Uruguay 
Orch. Sinf. Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela 
Orquestra Sinfônica de Brasília 
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo 
Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre 
Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira 
Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná
Orquestra Sinfônica de Minas Gerais 
Orquestra Sinfônica de Campinas
Orquestra Sinfônica de Ribeirão Preto
Orquestra Sinfônica do Espírito Santo 
Orch. Sinf. Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Venezuela 
Radio Philharmonie Hannover des NDR 
Magdeburgische Philharmonie 
Städtisches Orchester Bremerhaven 
Budapester Symphonieorchester 
Händelfestspielorchester Halle 
Junge Philharmonie Hamburg 
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI 
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Berlin

Conductors

Moshe Atzmon
Heribert Beissel 
Michael Gielen 
David Machado 
Michael Boder 
Ralf Laycok 
Jorge Rotter 
Michael Rochat 
Klaro Mizerit 
Heribert Beissel 
George Byrd 
Michail Jurowski 
Robert Stehli 
Heribert Beissel 
Rainer Koch 
David Stahl
Frantisek Vajnar 
John Neschling 
David Machado 
Flávio Chamis 
Isaac Karabichewsky 
Osvaldo Colarusso 
Alceo Bochino
Aylton Escobar
Cláudio Cruz
Helder Trefzger 
David Machado
George Byrd 
Mathias Husmann

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