Alden Gatt Répétiteur, Accompanist & Conductor

Award-winning accompanist, répétiteur and conductor, Alden Gatt is sought-after for his brilliant technique, sensitivity and lyricism, as well as his generous spirit and collegial manner.

The 2018/19 season is Mr. Gatt’s third as assistant conductor and répétiteur with Opera Leipzig. He recently conducted the Gewandhaus Orchester in a production of Hänsel und Gretel, and under the baton Maestro Anthony Bramall he performed selections from Mozart piano concerti. In 2015 he was awarded the first place Regina Roney Prize in the highly distinguished Marilyn Horne Song Competition. The award took him on a national concert tour ending in a New York City concert broadcast on WQXR.

Alden Gatt recently appeared as a collaborative pianist with bass Bastian Kohl at Städliches Kulturhaus in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany and has performed in vocal and instrumental recitals at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall, St. Michael’s Church, Spazio Fazioli at the Klavierhaus and numerous other NYC venues. He studied the art of accompaniment with Martin Katz, John Fisher, John Churchwell, Tamara Sanikidze, and Dr. Jean Barr, and is fluent in Italian, French, German, and Chinese.

As Music Director and Conductor of NY Opera Exchange, Mr. Gatt prepared and presented a number of productions: in 2014/15 he assisted David Leibowitz in Carmen, and was the principal conductor for Lucia di Lammermoor and Die Fledermaus. In previous years he has led the orchestra in productions of Die Zuaberflöte, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte. As a solo pianist, he has performed recitals at Kartzow Castle in Potsdam, Germany and in New York City at the Klavierhaus, as well as in his native Florida and at Kilbourn Hall in Rochester. As a Piano-Vocal Fellow at Music Academy of the West, he performed as secco recititivo harpsichordist and conductor for the festival’s performances of La Cenerentola. With orchestra, he has performed Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances with Maestro Grant Llewellyn and Brevard Sinfonia, David Maslanka’s Traveler with Transylvania Symphonic Band, and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Southwest Florida Symphony. He has studied piano with Seymour Bernstein, Olivier Gardon, and Barry Snyder.

Alden Gatt is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. Along with 2015 Grand Prize from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, he was a semifinalist in the International Anton G. Rubinstein Piano Competition (Dresden, GE), a second place finalist in the NY State MTA Piano Competition, and received First Place awards in the Southwest Florida Symphony Young Artists Concerto Competition, the Steinway Society Piano Competition, and was given the Turiel Prize six times by the Naples Music Club. He was given a Merit Award in 2005-06 from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Mr. Gatt earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, with a minor in Chinese, from Eastman School of Music.

Alden Gatt Répétiteur, Accompanist & Conductor

Collaborative Recitals Bastian Kohl, bass Städliches Kulturhaus, Bitterfeld-Wolfen 2018 Sarah Craft, mezzo-soprano “Carnegie Hall Presents” at St. Michael’s Church, NYC 2018 Benjamin Dickerson, baritone Greene Space (live WQXR broadcast), NYC 2016 Benjamin Dickerson, baritone Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara 2016 Zhanna Alkhazova, soprano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC 2014 Kristen Butcher, oboe All Souls Church, NYC 2014 Sarah Brailey, soprano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC 2014 Christine Arand, soprano Spazio Fazioli at the Klavierhaus, NYC 2013 Nic Handahl, flute Provincetown Playhouse, NYC 2013 Courtney Ross, soprano Opera America Center, NYC 2012 Danya Katok, soprano Elebash Recital Hall, NYC 2011 Marielle Murphy, soprano Beverly Hills Public Library, CA 2010

Solo Piano Recitals Kartzow Castle, Potsdam, Germany 2017 Spazio Fazioli at the Klavierhaus, NYC 2014 United Church of Christ, Naples, FL 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014 Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY 2010 Yarmouth County Museum, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 2009

Orchestral Collaborations Mozart, Andantes from K. 39, 40, 41, 450, 467 & 488, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Mo. Anthony Bramall 2017 Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, Brevard Sinfonia, Mo. Grant Llewellyn 2011 Maslanka, Traveler, Transylvania Symphonic Band, Mo. Craig Williams 2011 Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1, Southwest Florida Symphony, Mo. Joseph Caulkins 2007

Opera Conductor Hänsel und Gretel (conductor) Oper Leipzig 2018 La Cenerentola (secco recititivo harpsichord) Music Academy of the West 2015 Carmen (assistant conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2015 Lucia di Lammermoor (conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2015 Die Fledermaus (conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2014 Die Zauberflöte (conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2014 Don Giovanni (conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2013 Così fan tutte (conductor) NY Opera Exchange 2012

Alden Gatt Répétiteur, Accompanist & Conductor

Education, Training & Experience Solorepetitor (coach) Oper Leipzig 2016-present Music Coordinator L’Art du chant français (Bergerac, FR) 2017 Accompanist Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy 2017 Coach Opersa Naples (Florida) 2016 Vocal Coach/Accompanist New Jersey City University 2013-2016 Music Director NY Opera Exchange 2011-2015 Principal Accompanist Empire City Men’s Chorus 2011-2015 Piano-Vocal Fellow Music Academy of the West 2015 Music Coordinator La Lingua della Lirica (Novafeltria, IT) 2013-14 Piano Studio Artist Mozarteum International Summer Academy 2013 Piano Studio Artist Brevard Music Center 2011 B.M. Piano Performance Eastman School of Music 2010 Minor in Chinese University of Rochester 2010 Piano Studio Artist Bowdoin Music Festival 2009

Competitions & Awards Grand Prize, Marilyn Horne Song Competition, Music Academy of the West 2015 Semifinalist, International Anton G. Rubinstein Piano Competition 2012 Second Prize, New York State MTA Piano Competition 2010 First Place, Southwest Florida Symphony Young Artists Concerto Competition 2006 First Place, Steinway Society Piano Competition 2006 First Place, Naples Music Club Piano Competition 2000-04, 2006 Merit Award, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 2005-06

Teachers Solo piano: Seymour Bernstein, Olivier Gardon, Barry Snyder Accompanying: Martin Katz, John Fisher, John Churchwell, Tamara Sanikidze, Jean Barr Conducting: David Leibowitz, Peter Mark, Brad Lubman, Mark Scatterday

Alden Gatt Conductor

Repertoire Bach St. John Passion Puccini La Bohème Barber A Hand of Bridge La Fanciulla del West Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle Madama Butterfly Berg Lulu Turandot Bizet Carmen* Rossini La Cenerentola** Donizetti Don Pasquale J. Strauss Die Fledermaus* Lucia di Lammermoor* R. Strauss Salome Dvorak Rusalka Elektra Gounod Cinq-Mars Verdi Don Carlo Faust Nabucco Romèo et Juliette La Traviata Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Wagner Das Rheingold Leoncavallo I Pagliacci Siegfried Menotti The Telephone Tannhäuser Mozart Così fan tutte* Weber Die Freischütz Don Giovanni* Die Entführung aus dem Serail Die Zauberflöte*

*Conducted orchestral performance **Conducted and played continuo in performance