As a young adult, Pillado was a member of the Goethe-Institut Mendoza Theatre Company, directed by Gladys Ravalle, while pursuing her studies in music at the National University of Cuyo.
It was through the Goethe Institute that she arrived in Germany, where she completed her drama and music studies at the Berlin University of the Arts with a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
[7] Pillado did advanced studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and participated in master courses directed by György Sebők, Leon Fleisher, Maria Curcio and Paul Badura-Skoda.
She studied Composition with Witold Szalonek and completed her classical preparation with Jazz Improvisation seminars by Walter Norris.
Pillado's CDs features Argentinian composers such as Ariel Ramírez, Alberto Ginastera, Ástor Piazzolla,[8] Carlos Guastavino, as well as her own compositions.