Tommaso Pollio

Highly skilled pianist, accompanist, and repetiteur with 30 years’ experience at leading national opera and ballet companies including Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, and West Australian Ballet. Extensive international experience including solo tours to London, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, and USA. Extensive national touring experience (regional and metropolitan) as a soloist and chamber musician. More than 30 years’ experience as a classical piano tutor with robust private studio. 15 years’ experience as a classical piano examiner for the AMEB and extensive adjudication experience. Founding member of several highly respected ensembles including Trio Di Romanza, Enaria Ensemble, Darlington Piano Trio, Freeze Frame Opera, Lark Chamber Opera, Music Book Stories, and the Chimera Ensemble. Highly competent music director and arranger of both instrumental and vocal music. Additional orchestral experience including Western Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) and West Australian Youth Orchestra. Meticulously organized individual with a high level of computer literacy including fluency in a variety of music-based software including Sibelius, ProTools, and forScore, as well as Microsoft Publishing Suite, Teams, and Outlook email. Fluent in Italian, with intermediate conversational skills in German and French, and extensive experience coaching classical vocal repertoire in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Latin.

• 2020 – present, WAAPA Vocal Workshop and Concert Practice, Accompanist
• 2015 – present, WA Opera Young Artists Masterclasses, Accompanist
• 2014, WAAPA Deborah Biernbaum Masterclass, Accompanist
• 2007–2012, WA Opera Master classes with Lisa Gasteen, Harry Peeters, Donald Macyntyre, Merlyn Quaife
• 2006, WA Flute Convention with Paul Edmund-Davies, Accompanist
• 2005, WABA Brass State Championships, Accompanist
• 2004–5, North of Perth Festival, Accompanist
• 2003–5, ANATS Masterclasses, Accompanist
• 2002–4, Joondalup Eisteddfod, Accompanist
• 2001, Victor Morris Masterclass (Sydney), Accompanist
• 2001, Richard Miller Masterclass (Sydney), Accompanist
• 2000, Opera Theatre of Lucca Summer School, Accompanist
• 1998, Paul Hamburger and Roger Vignoles (London), Accompanist studies
• 1994, Inaugural Australian National Academy (Melbourne), Accompanist
• 1992, National Music Camp (Sydney), Accompanist

• 1997–present, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Studio accompanist (vocal and instrumental) and part-time faculty member
• 1995–6, University of Cincinnati, Teaching Associate
• 2014–present, Guildford Grammar, Piano tutor
• 2014, Santa Maria College, Piano tutor
• 2005–2009, WA YOUTH Chorale, Accompanist
• 2003–2011, Trinity College and combined Trinity/PLC Chorale, Accompanist (including tour to Wales and China)
• 2003–2004, Presbyterian Ladies College, Piano Tutor and Accompanist
• 2000, St Mary’s Anglican Girls School, Piano Tutor and Accompanist
• 1999, Penrhos College, Chamber Music Study Programme including coaching, masterclasses, accompanying, performances and fundraising concerts

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Nationality: Australian/Italian

2000, WA Arts Flight Grant to Lucca, Italy 1998, Ralph Thompson Memorial Award for studies in London 1997, 6th WA Chamber Music Competition 1995, Cincinnati School of Music Scholarship and Teachers Award 1993-4, ABC Young Performers Concerto Competition State Finalist 1993, Margaret Bello Award for Chamber Music 1993, F. Callaway Competition for Two Piano Works 1993, IBM Scholarship for the Australian Youth National Summer School 1989-93, First Prizes in numerous local eisteddfods 1989, James Nestor Award for Piano Performance

• Richard Mills AM, Artistic Director, Victorian Opera, 0411845111, millrich@netspace.net.au
• Chris van Tuinen, Artistic Director, West Australian Opera, 0403 497 066, cvantuinen@waopera.asn.au
• Kieran Hurley, Head of Music, Guildford Grammar School, +61 438 909 410, Kieran.Hurley@ggs.wa.edu.au
• Dr Emma Jayakumar, Composer (freelance), 0405 811 935, e.jayakumar@ecu.edu.au
• Ms. Emma Matthews, Classical Voice and Opera Studies, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 08 63046408, e.matthews@ecu.edu.au