DELOISE CHAGAS LIMA, collaborative pianist, was born in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. She began piano study at the age of nine and at age eleven she gave her solo debut at the School of Music and Fine Arts in Parana, Brazil, where she later received her Bachelors Degree in Piano, Organ, and Music Education, obtaining a gold medal as the most outstanding student during the course of her degree. Following her graduation she studied English at Newbold College in England while completing a Performance Certificate in piano from Trinity College of Music. Dr. Lima is also an Associate of the Royal College of Music in organ performance. She received the Master of Music degree in piano performance and literature at the University of Notre Dame, and the Doctor of Music degree in Piano Accompanying from the Florida State University.

Dr. Lima has participated in master classes with Jacques Klein, Michael Young, Ernst Ulrich von Kameke, Pierre Cochereau, Alexander Toradze, and Martin Katz, among others. In Brazil, Dr. Lima was on the faculty of the Escola de Musica e Belas Artes do Parana where she taught accompanying and coached chamber music for nearly twenty years. A sought-after accompanist and chamber musician, she has performed extensively throughout Brazil with many nationally recognized singers and instrumentalists. She was also the pianist of the Minas Gerais Symphony for two seasons, and was a soloist with that orchestra and the Curitiba Chamber Orchestra. Her performances as an accompanist have taken her to Europe, the United States, and South America. Deloise Lima was named Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the College of Music of Florida State University in 2005.