SIMONE LEITAO, Piano and Artistic Director

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Simone left an excellent impression...the climax was Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata. There is everything in this piece for a great pianist. Simone walked through this realm showing flawless technique and temperament. She can go further".            
– O GLOBO newspaper, June 2008.

The Brazilian born Miami-based pianist, Simone Leitão, founder and Artistic Director of the Brazilian Classical Series, enjoys an active career as soloist and chamber musician in three continents.

Simone holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance by the University of Miami (Studio of Ivan Davis), a Masters in Music by the Norwegian Academy of Music, and Bachelors of Music by the University of Rio de Janeiro. Her playing has been described as intense, full of character, creative, rhythmically strong, and marked with a solid and ample technique, while she continues to rise as one of the most exciting pianist of her generation to emerge from Brazil.

Simone Leitão dedicated her D.M.A. dissertation to the analysis, historical background, and interpretative aspects of Mômoprecoce, Villa-Lobos’ masterpiece for piano and orchestra.