Anita D'Attellis

Rehearsal Accompanist

Anita read music at the University of Birmingham, graduating with first class honours and winning the Arnold Goldsborough Prize for her final solo piano recital.   During this time she was a piano finalist in the Essex Young Musician of the Year and the BMI competition.  The University awarded her the Barber Scholarship to continue her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where her principal tutors were Geoffrey Pratley (accompaniment) and Vanessa Latarche. 

As accompanist and Chamber musician, Anita has performed in many prestigious venues, such as Birmingham Symphony Hall, Snape Maltings, the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.   She accompanies several choirs, including the Somerset Chamber Choir, Wincanton Choral Society and Spectra Musica, as well as a variety of solo singers and instrumentalists.  As répétiteur she has played for masterclasses with the European Opera Centre.  She particularly enjoys performing solo repertoire and currently studies with the renowned Russian pianist Dina Parakhina.

Anita is an experienced and versatile teacher and, in the past decade, has been appointed Head of Music at Trevor-Roberts School, Primrose Hill, and Head of Keyboard at Sherborne Girls, Dorset.  She has recently relinquished this full-time post to enjoy the variety of a freelance career, and splits her time between London and the West Country.  She now teaches piano privately and at Charterhouse and Eton College.