Andrei Hadap is a pianist, composer, scholar, and teacher based in Sydney. He was the inaugural Continuo Fellow for Pinchgut Opera from 2021 to 2023. Andrei completed his Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he received First-Class Honours and several academic awards, studying under Stephanie McCallum and Erin Helyard.

As a pianist, Andrei made his orchestral debut, performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra in 2018 under the baton of conductor Sadaharu Maramatsu. He was the inaugural Continuo Fellow for Pinchgut Opera from 2021 to 2023, performing regularly with the Orchestra of the Antipodes including appearances at the 2022 Fourwinds Festival and Pinchgut's concert series, "Women of the Pieta." He has also appeared as part of a series of concerts in the Orpheus Institute for the 2023 Summer Academy in Ghent, Belgium, performing Mozart’s sonatas on the clavichord and fortepiano. More recently, he performed Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Paul Terracini.

Andrei is also an emerging scholar with many research interests such as historical performance and pedagogy of the common practice period. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he has been awarded a research grant for his thesis titled "Keys to Virtuosity: A Pedagogical Overview of the Training of Pianist-Composers in the Nineteenth Century and its Several Applications." He shares his knowledge and passion as a piano and composition teacher, basing his pedagogy on historical methods.

As a multi-skilled musician, Andrei aims to push the boundaries of musical versatility. He is driven to blend these disciplines in his work to navigate the rapidly evolving musical landscape of today.

Bio updated March 2024