Dr. Renato Fabbro

Pianist Renato Fabbro was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University. He studied with Larry Graham, Angela Cheng and John Perry and won the Adeline Rosenberg Memorial First Prize at the Fort Collins Symphony National Young Artist Competition, as well as first prize in the Grand Junction Symphony National Young Artist Competition. He has judged many competitions and festivals throughout the U.S. and his students are frequent prize winners in national, regional and state competitions. They have also appeared as soloists with various orchestras. Dr. Fabbro is a member of the artistic advisory panel for the Bellevue Symphony and Pacific International Piano Competitions. As part of the Martingale Ensemble, he recorded music of Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler with members of the Oregon Symphony on the MSR Classics label. He has taught at several colleges, including the University of Portland and Marylhurst University, and his students have been accepted into top piano performance degree programs such as the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music and Rice University Shepherd School of Music.