HONORS AND AWARDS

        Competitor in the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano competition

        Graduate Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin, 1998-1999 academic year

        Ambassador of Rio Grande – State Award presented by the Rio Grande do Sul State Governor in September 1997, Brazil.  

       Medalha Merito Riograndense - State Award, September, 2005

        Silver Medal and 2^nd Honorary Mention – Maria Callas Grand Prix, Athens, Greece, March 1996

        3rd Prize and Special Prize from the Mozarteum Foundation –W.A. Mozart International Piano Competition, Salzburg, Austria, January 1995

        4^th Prize – Mazara del Vallo International Piano Competition – Mazara del Vallo, Italy, December 1993

        1^st Prize – Edino Krieger National Piano Competition Brusque, Brazil, 1988

        Hours Concours – Heitor Villa-Lobos Piano Competition Bage, Brazil, 1987

        2^nd Prize – Santa Maria International Piano Competition, Santa Maria, Brazil, l987