Andrei Hadap is a pianist, composer, scholar, and teacher based in Sydney. He completed his Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he received First-Class Honours and several academic awards, studying under Stephanie McCallum and Erin Helyard.

As a pianist, Andrei made his orchestral debut, performing Brahms' First Piano Concerto with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra in 2018 under the baton of conductor Sadaharu Maramatsu. He was the inaugural Continuo Fellow for Pinchgut Opera from 2021 to 2023, performing regularly with the Orchestra of the Antipodes. He performed Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Paul Terracini in 2023.

Andrei is also an emerging scholar with many research interests such as historical performance and pedagogy of the common practice period. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and shares his knowledge and passion as a piano and composition teacher, basing his pedagogy on these historical methods. He is due to complete his thesis at the end of 2025.

Last year, Andrei took up the Organ, being appointed the Organ Scholar for St. Stephen’s Uniting Church where he plays for Sunday services and performs his own compositions and improvisations on the instrument.

More recently, he was the recipient of the 2025 2MBS Stefan Kruger Scholarship, proposing a project to perform, record and publish several of his compositions.

As a multi-skilled musician, Andrei aims to push the boundaries of musical versatility. He is driven to blend these disciplines in his work to navigate the rapidly evolving musical landscape of today.