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Born in Argentina, Marcela is now an Australian citizen.

She graduated from the National Conservatory "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" and UNA - National University of Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She studied piano with Loustanau; Bronstein; and Montecino and Pressler in Bloomington, USA. She studied composition with Ficher and Giaccobbe.

Her career embraces important venues like Teatro Colón. She performed, lectured and gave masterclasses in New York, Washington and Bloomington. In China, she performed with the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and gave masterclasses at the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories of Music.

She toured Italy, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Chile and Argentina. She performed with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.

She performed at ABC Sunday Live and Kawai-Series, International Music and Castlemaine Festivals in Australia, Perth and Queensland. Marcela received the Canberra Times "Top Concerts" award, "Canberra Critics Circle Award 2007, 2008, 2014".

In 2008, she conducted the Australian Premiere of "María de Buenos Aires" Opera by Piazzolla.

She premiered works by Ginastera, Piazzolla, L.Rosa, Tauriello, Saenz, Kutnowski, Caamaño, Zorzi and García-Morillo.

Her recordings include Liszt and Beethoven, Argentine Music from XIX-XX, South-American music, Tango, Spanish and Australian music.

Marcela was a Professor at the National Conservatory and Superior Conservatory of Music, Buenos Aires, until 2008. She taught for the Performing Teaching Fellow program at ANU School of Music, Canberra. She teaches at her private Studio and maintains an active performance schedule and composition work.

Biography provided by the composer — current to July 2024