Pianiste diplômé du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles donne cours de piano tous niveaux English/French/Italian

Curriculum Vitae d'Arnaud

CURRICULUM VITAE

Arnaud Dos Santos
Born on the 6th of June in Bordeaux, France

Musical Studies :

• 2005 : starts the piano at the St Jean d’Illac Music School in Nicole Riva’s class.
• 2010 : Gets accepted in Bordeaux’ conservatory Jacques Thibaud in the class of Vincent Frossard.
• 2012 : gets in the specialised cycle of piano in Jean Philippe Guillo’s class, as well as in the accompaniment class of Françoise Larrat.
• 2014 : obtains his « Diplôme d’Etudes Musicales » (Diplom of musical studies) in piano and chamber music with the highest distinction, major of his promotion. Gets accepted in Brussels Royal Conservatory in the class of Dominique Cornil and her assistant Yoko Kikuchi.
• 2016 : obtains his piano Bachelor at the Brussels Royal Conservatory with High Distinction.
• 2018 : obtains his piano Master at the Brussels Royal Conservatory with High Distinction, and gets in the International Opera Academy as a repetiteur.
• 2019 : obtains his diploma from the International Opera Academy of Ghent as a repetiteur.


Professional experiences and background as a concert pianist, accompanist, repetiteur, chamber music player and teacher :

• 2014-2019 : Recitals as a soloist or/and chamber music player in : Bordeaux (festival l’art d’être ensemble), Saint Jean d’Illac (solo recitals), Paris (festival la Nuit Comme en Plein Jour), Bruxelles (Festivals United Music of Brussels, Courant d’Air, Musiq3), Anvers, Ostende, Gand, Liège, le Festival de Musique de Durtal, le Cap ferret Music Festival, Angers, etc…
• 2013-2019 : Participation to lots of masterclasses with great pianists such as : Leif Ove Andsnes (exceptionnal masterclass given in Bozar concert hall where he is selected to represent Brussels Conservatory), Bertrand Chamayou, Marie-Josèphe Jude, François Frédéric Guy, Aquiles Delle Vigne, François-René Duchable, Romano Pallottini, Olivier Gardon, Irina Osipova, Diane Andersen, Alan Weiss etc…
• 2012-2019 : Prizewinner in the following national and international piano competitions : Concours National de Chatou (2012), Concours Léopold Bellan in Paris (2015), Cap ferret Music Open 2015, 2016, 2017 ( duo with a soprano in 2017), concours Charlier of Belgium.
• 2012-2014 : Accompanist of the choirs Point d’Orgue and Allegro Vocal.
• 2012-2019 : piano Teacher in private and as a substitute teacher in several music schools (Saint Jean d’Illac, Saint Bruno in Bordeaux, EMP in Pessac, academies in Brussels…)
• 2014-2019 : partnership with the great american tenor Howard Haskin : lessons accompaniment, recordings and concerts with his singing students.
• 2018 : pianist in the musical Jekyll and Hyde as a last minute substitute.
• 2019 : pianist repetiteur in the Opera Vlandereen’s production Banket !
• 2019 : pianist repetiteur in the International Opera Academy’s production la Finta Giardiniera of Mozart.
• 2019 : pianist repetiteur in the International Opera Academy’s production A matter of triumph and Void of Wim Hendricks.
• 2019 : pianist repetiteur at the Vlandereen Opera for the production Macbeth Of Verdi.
• 2019 : Rewarded by the Royal Conservatory Patrimony Commission with the Gerofi-Baschwitz Prize.
• 2019 : sets up the duo Gemini with the French Soprano Deborah Salazar, touring together in Bourgogne during summer.
• 2019 : Gets in the movie production Annette from Leos Carax as the Musical Coach-Musical director assistant.
• Professional experiences to come in 2019 :
• Piano and chamber music Recitals in Bordeaux, Brussels, Paris.
• Pianist in the orchestra in the Vlandereen opera production “Der Jasager”, as well as in the concert Mahler/Berio of the season. Also extra repetiteur for their production Rusalka of Dvorak.
• Pianist repetiteur in the Brussels Operette Theater production “Die Lustige Witwe” from Léhar.

Others :
• 2010 : Obtention of the animator’s diplom “BAFA”.
• 2011 : Obtention of the « Baccalauréat mention Bien ».
• 2011 : Obtention of the driving License.
• Languages spoken : French, English, Italian (almost fluent), bases of German.