Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Delma Nicolace has a bachelor’s degree in music (piano) from Fundação Mineira de Artes, a post-graduate degree in musicalization from ACE, an undergraduate degree in music from Unimes, a master’s degree in musical science from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas in Lisbon, and a post-graduate degree in Piano Practice and Teaching for the 21st Century from UniFAHE.
From 2002 to 2012, she worked as a piano teacher and accompanist for Classical Dance Technique, Ballet, and Character Dance classes at ETB, in Brazil. She also worked as a piano accompanist for Classical Dance Technique classes at the Carcano and La Scala theaters in Milan, and she accompanied Chamber Music, Voice, and Classical Dance Technique classes at Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte. Between 2013 and 2020, she accompanied Classical Dance Technique, Character Dance, and Ballet classes at Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional (EDCN). Between 2021 and 2022, she accompanied Classical Dance Technique classes at CFA, in Milan. She currently accompanies Classical Dance Technique classes at EDCN and at the EVC, in Lisbon.