She is currently Professor of Italian Opera at the Florence Centers of Gonzaga Â鶹¹ÙÍø, California State Â鶹¹ÙÍø, and Â鶹¹ÙÍø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Burch Honors, and she has taught, lectured and performed at Richmond Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Smith College, Georgetown Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Kent State Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Syracuse Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Sarah Lawrence College, Middlebury College, Smithsonian Center, Northwestern Â鶹¹ÙÍø, The School of Music of Fiesole, The Conservatorio Cherubini in Firenze, and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø of Siena.
Since its first edition in 2009 she was regularly invited by Lorin Maazel at his Castleton Festival in Virginia, where she worked as Italian Diction Coach for the Italian Opera productions and as Professor of Italian Art-Songs for the Castleton Artist Training Program.
As an Art-Song accompanist she has performed with many world-famous singers for the most important musical institutions in Italy and in various European countries. She has also been featured on national and international radio stations, and she recorded two world-premiere CDs for Nuova Era Label.
Born in Rome, Daniela Costa studied piano, composition, and musicology at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø of Rome. Thanks to a EU grant, she completed an Advanced Post-graduate Degree in Chamber Music at the School of Music of Fiesole. Then she specialized in German Lieder and French Chansons (Advanced Post-graduate Art-Song Accompanist) at the Musikhochschule in Zürich.
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