The recipient of many awards and scholarships, including the Second Prize in the Souza Lima National Piano Competition in São Paulo, Brazil, Mr. Golbert has enjoyed an active career as a performing artist and a teacher. Since 2015, he has been a regular guest at the prestigious Theatro São Pedro in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he also made his orchestral debut performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 under conductor Antônio Borges-Cunha. Recent engagements include an interdisciplinary lecture-recital titled Music to Put Out Fires, dedicated to Brazil’s National Museum and held in Porto Alegre’s Theatro São Pedro, an all-Debussy recital at the Cathédrale Saint-Croix de Paris des Arméniens in Paris, a performance at the launch of the art installation project Keys of Light at the City of London’s Guildhall Yard, and a solo recital at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul’s Cultural Center, in Porto Alegre.

A passionate teacher, Mr. Golbert enjoys working with students of all ages and levels. His mission as a pedagogue is to instill a love for music and for art in each student. Additionally, Mr. Golbert is an active scholar and translator. He has taught lecture-recital courses on the music of Debussy, Ravel, and Beethoven at Florida State University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and his liner notes for the albums Beyond the Sound (2019) and Conversa (2021), both released by Albay Records, have garnered outstanding reviews.

Mr. Golbert earned his Doctorate in Piano Performance at the nationally distinguished Florida State University College of Music, where he completed his studies with Heidi Louise Williams. He received his Master’s Performance degree at the Mannes School of Music in New York City under the tutelage of Arkady Aronov, and completed his Bachelor of Music Performance degree at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Institute of the Arts, a premier music conservatory in Brazil, where he studied with Ney Fialkow. Mr. Golbert pursued additional private studies with Paul Roberts at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, and Ann Schein at the Mannes School of Music, in New York. For more information, visit http://andregolbert.com/.