Laetitia Orlandi

Letitia completed the degree Doctor of Music with Music Performance at North-West University with Prof Liesl van der Merwe as her promotor. Her research focused on the spiritual music-making experiences of pianists. As a graduate of the University of Pretoria, she completed her BMus, BMus (Hons), and MMus degrees in Performing Arts cum laude as well as the UNISA Teacher’s and Performer’s Licentiates in Piano, Chamber Music, and Vocal Accompaniment under the tutelage of Prof Ella Fourie. Laetitia, employed as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts, currently fulfills the position of Assistant Dean (Teaching & Learning) in the Faculty of Arts & Design at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). In her role as a repetiteur, she has accompanied staged productions of more than 17 operas. Laetitia frequently serves as an accompanist, chairperson of shadow juries, jury coordinator, and adjudicator of national music competitions and events. She also regularly performs as a collaborative pianist with fellow artists at the Gauteng International Arts Festival, Aardklop, Vryfees, Wakkerstroom Arts Festival, and KKNK. Laetitia resides in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and their two teenage sons.