Education
Piano Performance, College of Charleston; Tate International Scholarship; The Piano Concerto, Juilliard School Evening Division
Specialty
18 years, College of Charleston Piano Performance Major under Academic Music Abatement and Tate International Scholarship. Private lessons, Theory, Chamber music coaching, opera coaching.
Biography
A native of South Korea, Christine Ciuffreda began her piano journey in 1993. She studied piano performance at the College of Charleston on the Tate International Piano Scholarship, followed by continuing education at the Juilliard School Evening Division. Christine’s performances have lead her to Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, World Financial Center, Liechtenstein Palace, Mozarteum Große Saal, as well as Wiener Kammeroper. Christine is additionally pursuing a career in opera coaching and vocal collaborative piano. She played Le Nozze Di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte in the Prague Summer Nights festival. In 2018, she served as rehearsal pianist for Handel’s Radamisto. Most recently, she was the staff pianist and coach for operas including Die Fledermaus, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi at the Vienna Summer Music Festival 2019. She has collaborated with singers from The Metropolitan Opera and various opera houses throughout the United States and abroad. Christine has studied with Yelena Ivanov, Beatrice Long, and Enrique Graf. Vocal coaches include Sherill Milnes, Warren Jones, Scott Rednour, Justina Lee, and Alexandra Naumenko. Conductors include Michael Rossi, Keith Chambers, and Christian Schulz, among others. She additionally served on the staff at Rutgers University as a ballet accompanist. She is currently on the piano faculty and staff accompanist at the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts in New Jersey.