Ana María Otamendi
Meet Ana María
Venezuelan pianist, coach, conductor, and "stunning musical force" Ana María Otamendi has performed as soloist, collaborative pianist, and conductor throughout the United States, South America, and Europe with renowned artists such as Donald Sinta, Michelle DeYoung, Paul Groves, Ana María Martinez, members of the Chicago Lyric, Houston Grand Opera, and Dallas Opera Orchestras, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas and Milwaukee Symphonies, etc. The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance recently announced that Dr. Ana Maria Otamendi will join the Departments of Piano and Voice & Opera as an associate professor in the fall of 2024, leading the collaborative piano program. She previously served as Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano and Director of the program at Louisiana State University, Artistic Director of the Collaborative Piano Institute, and pianist of the Reverón Piano Trio. Recitals, masterclasses, and speaking engagements have taken her to NEC, Cambridge University, Yale, Wolftrap Opera, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Mahidol University (Thailand), University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, among many other venues. She earned a DMA in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan, she is fluent in four languages, and is also a Geophysical Engineer whose thesis was published in the prestigious journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
"The sound of all the performers, led by the sensitive and precise pianism of Ana María Otamendi, is of excellent quality, organic and true, as befits a high-level interpretatioN."
Melomano, la revista de musica clasica
IN THE NEWS:
The Reverón Piano Trio will release a new album this year.
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The Reverón Piano Trio: Simon Gollo (violin), Horacio Contreras (cello), and Ana María Otamendi (piano)
The Reverón Piano Trio has a new album coming up this year, Latin American Imaginarium!
The Reverón Piano Trio will soon release a new recording with the prestigious label Urtext Records.
Latin American Imaginarium will include brand new works by Grammy-nominated composers Ricardo Lorenz (Venezuela/USA), Miguel del Águila (Uruguay/USA), and Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (Argentina). Stay tuned for the official release date in all digital platforms!
Learning Effectively
Ana María’s interests range from Neuroscience and Psychology applied to learning and practicing an instrument, to Latin American art song and chamber music. She has presented lectures and workshops about these topics around the world, including Cambridge University, Yale University, Wolf Trap Opera, University of Michigan, Universidade de Sao Paulo, the International Keyboard Collaborative Artists Conference, SphinxConnect Conference, Diversity and Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories sponsored by the Westfield Center for Keyboard Studies, and many more. She teaches a class at Louisiana State University called Learning Effectively, in which she helps students improve their overall approach to learning and practicing by understanding the latest psychological, neurological, and pedagogical research on the science of learning.
