Tony Stauffer
Pianist, France
Tony Stauffer is a French pianist, répétiteur and opera accompanist. Born in Bayonne, he began studying piano at the age of seven at the Conservatoire Régional de Bayonne, where he obtained the Diplôme d’Études Musicales (DEM) with honours. He holds a doctorate from the Université de Montréal, where he studied with Francis Perron and Liz Upchurch. In 2023, Tony joined the UdeM-McGill residency program in piano/vocal arts. In 2024 and 2025, he participated in the Lehrer Vocal Institute at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, as a pianist, working on productions of Carmen, L’Enfant et les sortilèges and Don Giovanni. He also trained in German lied interpretation at the Franz Schubert Institute in Austria. This season, Tony performs, among others, as assistant pianist in the productions of Jenůfa and Carmen at the Opéra de Montréal.