Matteo Pais is an accomplished pianist and vocal coach who currently serves as the Artistic Coordinator at the Arturo Toscanini Foundation in Parma. He is also a regular coach for young singers and pianists on Italian operatic repertoire with the Opera Studio of the Opera di Firenze and the Semperoper Dresden. In his previous roles, he has worked as a guest repetiteur at the Semperoper Dresden, collaborated with the Baden Baden Festspiele, and served as the Assistant to the Artistic Director at the Festival della Valle d’Itria. He has given masterclasses for young artists at the Theater an der Wien studio and Oberlin College of arts, and was a vocal coach for the Young Singers’ Project of the Salzburger Festspiele.