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About us
With specialized training in tuning, regulation, harmonization, and repair of upright, grand, and concert pianos, obtained at YPTA (Yamaha Piano Technical Academy – Hamamatsu, Japan) by passing the “Grand Piano Master Course” – conferring upon our technicians the title of Master in grand pianos. Training also at the Steinway & Sons Academy in Hamburg.
Certifications
Our journey
Behind every piano that takes the stage is a team with recognized technical training and over twenty years of experience preparing instruments.
2012
Steinway & Sons
Hamburg, Germany
2008
Steinway & Sons
Berlim, Germeny
2004
Yamaha
London, England
2004
Bösendorfer
Vienna, Austria
About US
Our team
Neto Rocha Piano Experts is run by two technicians with Master’s degrees in grand pianos, who have a long history with some of the country’s leading concert halls and musical productions.
Leonel Neto da Rocha
Managing Partner · Master in Grand Pianos (Yamaha Piano Technical Academy, Japan)
- Piano technician for all Coldplay’s worldwide tours since 2016.
- Participation since 2014 in various shows in Portugal and Spain with the loan of Yamaha Premium pianos.
- Piano technician at the Porto Conservatory of Music and the Music Department of the University of Aveiro since 2009.
- Piano technician at Casa da Música do Porto since 2005.
- Piano technician in Belgais from 2002 to 2009.
José Neto da Rocha
Managing Partner · Master in Grand Pianos (Yamaha Piano Technical Academy, Japan)
- From 2016 to 2020, piano technician for Coldplay’s tours.
- Piano technician for Olafur Arnalds’ tours since 2014.
- Piano technician at the Porto Music Conservatory and the Music Department of the University of Aveiro since 2009.
- He accompanied Ryuichi on tours from 2006 to 2014.
- Piano technician at Casa da Música do Porto since 2005.
