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Prof. Maria-Regina
Sedlhofer was born in Sao Paulo, where she began her piano studies with
Dinora de Carvalho. She started performing as a child, giving many solo
recitals and playing as soloist with orchertras.
She studied six years with
Prof. Bruno Seidlhofer at the University of Music and Fine Arts in
Vienna, she passed the final exam with the highest honor and received a
special Prize from the Austrian Ministry of Education and Arts.
She was married to Prof.
Bruno Seidlhofer and during this period she acted as assistant in many
of his master classes.
Selected through
international competition, she took over a piano class at the University
of Music in Vienna.
Maria-Regina Seidlhofer
was awarded the Cross of Honour for Science and Art from the Federal
President of the Republic of Austria. She also received the Rio Branco Order - Commander - for outstanding
achievements in the field of international cultural relations from the
Brazilian Government. She has given concerts in France, Germany, Holland,
Finland, United States, Brazil as a number of master classes, concerts
and lectures abroad: |
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U.S.A: |
Boston University, Clark
University, New England Conservatory, Franklin School for the Performing
Arts. She has performed in Boston, other towns in New England and in
Washington for the Organization of American States; |
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JAPAN: |
Kunitashi University, Shobi
University, Yamaha Pianos, Suzuki Pianos, Bosendorfer Pianos, in Tokyo,
Kyosato, Hamamatsu and Hitashi; |
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KOREA: |
Hanyang University in Seoul; |
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CHINA: |
Central Conservatory of
Music in Peking as official guest of the Chinese Ministry of Culture; |
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HONG-KONG: |
Baptist College; |
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TAIWAN: |
Universities of Taipei and
Kaohsiung; |
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INDIA: |
New Delhi School of Music,
Bombay National Center for Performing Arts, as official guest of the
Indian Council for Cultural Relations; |
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FINLAND: |
Summer-master courses
during 10 years at the University of Tampere, Oulu and Vantaa; |
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ITALY: |
Istituto Musicale
J.S.Bach, Associazione Culturale Beethoven in Sicily, Accademia
Salernitana in Salermo; |
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HUNGARY: |
Liszt
Academy in Budapest
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MALTA: |
Academy of Malta; |
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BRAZIL: |
numerous Universities in
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Salvador and other major cities. |
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Maria-Regina Seidlhofer has
served as
Juror in several international piano and chamber music competitions in
Italy, Austria and other countries. |
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During courses abroad she
holds public lectures in which she deals with the following subjects: |
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The pedal and its use in
various epochs; |
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How to practice and solve
problems related to technique and memory (studies in neurophysiology and
the functions of the human brain); |
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Johann Sebastian Bach and
the Barroque Music; |
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Interpretation of all
styles of piano literature; |
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Prof. Seidlhofer also
prepares foreign students for admission exams at the University of Music
in Vienna. |
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Possible languages of
instruction: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. |
