Brazilian cellist, pedagogue, and composer Bianca d’Avila do Prado lives in Ithaca NY and is cello faculty at Ithaca Suzuki Music Education.

She holds a Master of Music in Cello Performance and String Pedagogy degree from Illinois State University. She had completed Suzuki Teacher Training in all 10 Units plus supplemental courses, receiving a "Distinguished Young Teacher" award from the Suzuki Association of the Americas at the SAA/ASTA Conference in 2024 and the Music Institute of Chicago "Teacher of Note" Honoree in 2023.

Bianca has been actively working on making Brazilian music for strings more accessible and performed in the US. She had her articles "Teaching Diversity: Four Brazilian Pieces for String Orchestra" published in The Scroll Magazine and "Viajando Pelo Brasil I, Suite for Strings: A Fun way to Explore the Richness of Brazilian Culture and Music" published in the American String Teacher Magazine. She also had "Setting Habits for Success: How Being a Suzuki Student Can Transform Your Child’s Brain" published by the American Suzuki Journal.

Bianca’s first composition, titled Brazilian Habanera was published as part of Mosaic: A Collection of String Music by Black and Latino Composers. She was later commissioned by the Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium and wrote Suite Pequenina for cello solo and cello duet and was part of the New Canon Project's first cohort, writing Valsa para Sofia for strings. Bianca’s most recent publications include 25 Duetos Latinoamericanos for strings, A La Rorro Niño, Ciranda Cirandinha and Prenda Minha for string orchestra and Resonance: A Multicultural Cello Method.