One of Australia’s soloists, chamber musicians and educators, Caroline Almonte has a wide- ranging career as a pianist, producer, presenter and recording artist.

Her awards include the 2019 Australian Women in Music - Excellence in Classical Music Award as well as the winner of the Keyboard section of the ABC Young Performer’s Awards and 1st prize at the international chamber music competition in Italy  Premio “Trio di Trieste”.She has performed throughout Australia and in Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South America, U.K and the United States, including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, Shanghai International Piano Festival and Teatro Colosseo Series in Buenos Aires.

In Australia, Caroline has performed at  the Melbourne and Perth International Festivals,Adelaide International Cello Festival, WOMAD, the Dunkeld Weekend of Music, Musica Viva’s Huntington Estate Music Festival and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, which included a live broadcast on ABC classic FM of the Goldberg Variations. Her many musical collaborations include the Australia Ensemble, the Australian String Quartet, Sarah Chang, Duo Sol, Escher Quartet, Flinders Quartet, Daniel Hope, Yvonne Kenny, Ralph Kirschbaum, Dimity Shepherd, Duo Sol, Sutherland Trio and Pieter Wispelwey. In 2018, Pieter Wispelwey and Caroline Almonte were nominated for a Helpmann Award for their performances of the complete works of Beethoven and Brahms Sonatas for cello and piano at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Caroline, together with violinist Elizabeth Sellars and cellist Molly Kadarauch is one of the founding members of the Sutherland Trio, in honour of Australia’s matriarch of Australian composition  -  Margaret Sutherland. As a soloist, Caroline has performed piano concerti ranging from Mozart and Beethoven through to Ravel and M, Caroline performed the Miriam Hyde Piano Concerto at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl live-streamed and broadcast on ABC Classic FM. Alongside her various performances on stage, Caroline continues a prolific teaching career and is passionate about working with young people. She teaches piano at the University of Melbourne and has been involved in several projects with the Australian Youth Orchestra, the Melbourne Youth Orchestra and the Australian Music Examinations Board including as a recording artist and producer for several series of the solo piano. Caroline’s recording career for ABC Classics include the Peggy Glanville Hicks “Etruscan” Piano Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra , Duo Sol and a recording of English Songs with Yvonne Kenny. She was delighted to support the HUSH music Foundation, performing Nigel Westlake’s ‘Diving with George’ with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Caroline was also a producer for ABC Classic FM .

Caroline regularly gives both piano and chamber music masterclasses. She has completed residencies across nine universities in the U.S  as well as at the Banff Centre for the Arts Canada, University of Auckland, Xiamen University and Shanghai Conservatory in China.Caroline studied with Stephen McIntyre at the Victorian College of the Arts and Oxana Yablonskaya at the Juilliard School, New York.

Caroline currently teaches Piano and Chamber Music at the University of Melbourne .