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Max Bilbe, is a pianist with huge enthusiasm for opera and collaboration with singers.
Currently a repetiteur at the National Opera Studio, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in July 2022 with a distinction as a Master of Arts in Piano Accompaniment and a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital. He was supported by the Graham Roberts Scholarship whilst there and has been studying with Michael Dussek and Joseph Middleton.
Prior to this, Max attended Chetham’s School of Music, studying piano with Simon Bottomley, and then studied an academic degree in music at the University of Manchester, graduating with a first-class Honours degree and with several prizes in performance and academia.
Since attending the Academy as a postgraduate student in September 2020, Max’s highlights include becoming a Leeds Lieder Young Artist for their programme in July 2021, winning the accompanist’s prize in the Emmy Destinn competition in December 2021, and appearing in a masterclass hosted by Dame Sarah Connolly at the Academy in January 2022. Whilst at the Academy, Max enjoyed being involved with the Royal Academy Opera alongside his postgraduate studies, having been involved as a repetiteur in their productions of L’heure espagnole by Ravel and WITCH by Freya Waley-Cohen. He was a staff repetiteur at British Youth Opera’s production of Sir John in Love by Vaughan Williams this Summer 2022.
Updated January 2023. This biography should not be reproduced without asking permission from the National Opera Studio.