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Lecturer, Piano, Music Theory, Aural Skills, Class Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Accompanist, Music Academy Director

Office:  Eidman Hall 120-A
Phone:  (956) 882-7477
Email:  juan.andrarde@utb.edu

Costa Rican pianist Juan Pablo Andrade is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Texas at Brownsville where he teaches courses in piano pedagogy, theory and aural skills, coordinates class piano and is the director of the UTB Music Academy. He is the recipient of numerous awards, among them are the First Prize at the Artlivre International Piano Competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil; First Prize in the National Piano Competition in CR; First Prize in the Concert of Soloists Competition at Arizona State University; First Prize at the UNCG Concerto Competition and Second Prize in the University of Costa Rica Concerto Competition. He has performed as soloist with the South Bend Symphony, the UNCG Symphony, the ASU Symphony, the Central American Symphony, the Bolivian National Symphony, the Costa Rican Youth Symphony, and in several occasions with the Costa Rican National Symphony. As a recitalist he has appeared in almost every Costa Rican city, Santa Cruz and La Paz in Bolivia, San Salvador in El Salvador, Washington DC, Oslo and Madrid.

Many of his performances have been recorded and broadcasted by the Phoenix Classical Radio Station KBAK, the Costa Rican University Radio and the Costa Rican National Television. In the year 2000 he was awarded the National Prize of Music, the highest recognition given to a musician by the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture. Andrade obtained the Bachelors and Licenciatura in Music degrees from the University of Costa Rica in San José; the Masters of Music from Arizona State University; an Artist Diploma from Indiana University South Bend, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano at Idaho State University and Lecturer of Piano at UNCG.

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