Teacher Of The Year

VICENTE DELLA TONIA, JR.

2024 GMTA Teacher of the Year

Vicente Della Tonia Jr.'s Teaching Tips

Praised for his “technically flawless” (Ear Relevant, Atlanta), “impeccable interpretation” and “highly refined technique, imagination and musical taste” (Jornal da Cidade Bauru, Brazil), pianist Vicente Della Tonia has performed in concert halls throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America.

Earlier in his career, he received top prize awards in numerous piano competitions, including the XXI Concurso Latino-Americano de Piano Rosa Mística and the XX Concurso Nacional de Paulo Giovanini, among others. Recently, Vicente has been featured as a guest artist on the WFMT and WXVS/WABE public radio stations, and at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (Chicago, IL), Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Faculdade e Conservatório Souza Lima, Conservatório Baurense (Brazil), the VII Coloquio do Seminario Permanente de História y Música (Mexico City), as well as a soloist with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra and the Perimeter Wind Ensemble (Atlanta, GA).

He has been highly involved with the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), presenting lectures and recitals at the national and state conferences in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas and Washington.

Vicente received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano from the University of South Carolina, where he studied piano under the guidance of Marina Lomazov and piano pedagogy under Scott Price. Prior to this, he studied with Judit Gabòs, Sergio Gallo and Rosa Maria Tolon Marin, and earned a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Georgia State University, a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Universidade do Sagrado Coração (Brazil), and an Artist Diploma/Certificate from Conservatório Musical de Lençóis Paulista (Brazil).

A recipient of the Georgia Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year award (2024) and twice the Steinway & Sons Top Teacher Award of the Year (2017 and 2020), Dr. Della Tonia is currently the Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Piano at Georgia State University/Perimeter at Clarkston, where he is also the founder and director of the Perimeter PianoFest. Prior to Georgia State, he was a faculty member at Allen University and the University of South Carolina’s Community Music School in Columbia, SC, Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, and at Seminário Santo Antônio and Conservatório Musical de Lençóis Paulista in Brazil.

Vicente Della Tonia is a recording artist for the ACA Digital Recording label, and his debut album with works by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos is available on all major streaming platforms.
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