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Silvana Santinelli
Piano Instruction, Lecturer
(970) 491-5529
Silvana Santinelli was born in Mexico. At the early age of eight years old, Silvana won first prize at the "XVI Competencia Nacional y Cultural para la Ninez" in Mexico City. A year later she won a scholarship to study with Maestro Robert Avalon, in theUnited States.
In 1998, under the sponsorship of the Mexican Cultural Institute, Ms. Santinelli toured some of the main cities in Mexico. In addition to her performances in Mexico and the United States, Ms. Santinelli has performed in Russia, the Czech Republic, France, and Switzerland. She is the first prize winner of the Mexican National Piano Competition, the San Antonio Symphony Young Artist Award Competition, the Ulrich Piano Competition, in Maryland, the French International Piano Festival Competition in Paris and the Josef Hoffman International Piano Competition. Prize winner in the Corpus Christi International Concerto and Piano Solo Contest, the Kingsville International Young Performers Competition, the Mid-Texas Symphony Society Young Artist Contest, and the Five Towns Music and Art Foundation. Semifinalist in the San Antonio International Piano Competition, the Missouri International Piano Competition, and the New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Some of Ms. Santinelli latest performances include: Las Galas Festival, in Piedras Negras Coah, Mexico; Guest Artist at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Arts Club in Washington, DC; Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC; and Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. In addition, Ms. Santinelli has appeared as a soloist with the San Antonio Symphony, the UTSA Symphony Orchestra and the Ohio Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Santinelli holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas; a Master in Music Degree form the University of Texas at San Antonio; and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. Ms. Santinelli has recently completed a two CD set of piano music by Mexican composer Rodolfo Halffter and is presently in negotiations with Centaur Records for future release. Her major instructors include Santiago Rodriguez, Andre Watts, Alexander Alexandrov, Valerie Grokhovski and Robert Avalon.