ProfessorNeal Peres Da Costa

Peres Da Costa's Discovery Project DP170101976, Deciphering nineteenth-century pianism: invigorating global practiceshas supported two international symposia: at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and at the University of Music and the Performing Arts, Vienna. The success of this project is evidenced in the growing number of scholars engaging in 19th-century performance-based research. Significant outcomes so far include a chapter on Carl Reinecke, a CD recording of quintets for piano and strings by Louise Farrenc and Camille Saint-Saëns (ABC Classics, 2020), Beethoven Piano Concertos 1 and 3 (Australian Haydn Ensemble, 2017), Pastoral Fables - works for Cor Anglais and Piano (ABC Classics, 2018), a scholarly online performance practice commentary on Beethoven's Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violin (Vol 1 and 2, Bärenreiter, 2020), a recording of Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe (2022, )and a recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 488 (2022, forthcoming).

Currently, Neal is lead Chief Investigator on DP210101511 Hearing the music of early NSW, 1788-1860, and DP220101596 The shock of the old: rediscovering the sounds of bel canto 1700-1900. Neal is also part of the investigatory team for the Neuromusic Collaborative, a multidisciplinary research project between the Sydney Brain and Mind Centre and Sydney Conservatorium of Music investigating the effect of music education on healthy brain ageing (see above)