About Bruno Sandes

Known for his “ability to engage deeply with any audience” (Herald Times) and his “warm, refined, and mature voice” (NUVO), Brazilian baritone Bruno Sandes earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Jacobs School of Music and is currently in the final stages of his doctorate in Voice Performance under the tutelage of Carol Vaness. Bruno is passionate about the art song repertoire, particularly art songs based on folk music, which is also part of his final doctoral thesis.

In addition to an extensive list of concert repertoire, Sandes has also sung a vast and diverse number of roles, including Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Sergeant Sulpice in La Fille du Regiment, Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!, Doctor Falke in Die Fledermaus, Emile de Becque in South Pacific, Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algieri, and Sùng Ông in the world premiere of P. Q. Phan’s The Tale of Lady Thi Kính, among others. Sandes has been seen on stages and theaters in the United States, Europe, and South America.

He has received many awards, including a Joshi International Fellowship from the Georgina Joshi Foundation, first place in the XI Maracanto International Voice Competition, first place in the 2013 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition, semifinalist in the IX Maria Callas International Voice Competition, and was selected as one of six singers from around the world in the 42nd International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão. He was chosen as the grand winner of the 2014 IU Latin American Music Center Recording Competition and was a semifinalist of the 2018 Liszt International Competition.

He served as an Associate Instructor of Voice at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and was the assistant director of Carol Vaness’s Graduate Opera Workshop. Bruno received a degree in Interior Design and worked in the field before relocating to the United States. He still utilizes the skills gained in his first degree by renovating and restoring historic homes in Southern Indiana.

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