PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• 25 years of active performance career worldwide with solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts.

• Artist Faculty at numerous festivals, concert series, universities, conservatories, competitions and master classes in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America.

• Collaborative pianist, performing with Shlomo Mintz, Alexander Markov, Raphael Wallfisch, Maria Kliegel among others.

• 22 years as experience Piano Professor teaching Piano, Chamber Ensembles and other music subjects to all levels.

 

CONCERT PIANIST

Selected Solo Recitals

• Temppeliaukio Church - Helsinki, Finland, July 31, 2024

• Gümüşlük International Music Festival – Gümüşlük, Turkey, July 2024

• Guadalajara International Piano Festival - Guadalajara, Mexico, June 2024

• “Music On the Water” Festival, Estonia, outdoor solo recital - July 2024

• Performance-Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall for Ukrainian Consulate of New York, January 2024

• Duffy Square Stage at Times Square – Performance for World Peace Day–September 21, 2023

• Catholic University – Rome School of Music – Washington, D.C., USA, August 2022

• Chopin University, Poland – July 2022

• Divertimento Music Festival – Tricastin Music Festival, France – July 2022

• Concert Tour in Italian Castles: Palazzi Fani & Rospigliosi, Zagarolo & Tuscany, Italy - 2022

• Solo Recitals at Filharmonica Almeria, Spain, 2021 and 2023

• Apulia Piano & Brass Festival, Tricase Castle, Italy, September 2021

• Academy of Music and Dance, Cologne, Germany – 2019

• Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom - 2018

• Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall – NYC – Solo Recitals in 2007, 2011, and 2017

• Italian tour: Rome, Milano, Bari, Como, Colleferro, Ravenna – 2017

• Baltic Festival - Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki, Finland - 2016

• Clayton Piano Festival – Raleigh, North Carolina, with David Dubal as guest speaker – 2015

• La Salle Pleyel, Paris, France – 2014

• Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. – 2013

• Heichal HaTarbut, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel-Aviv, Israel - 2011

• Barge Music, NY – Performing all 32 Beethoven Sonatas in 8 Solo Recitals –2009

• Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center – NYC - 2008

• IBK Concert Hall, South Korea - 2006

• Centermex Theater, Monterrey, Mexico - 2006

• Rachmaninov Concert Hall – Moscow Conservatory, Russia - 1995

• Concert Tour to Greece, Israel, Egypt, and Turkey - 1993

 

Appearances with Orchestras

• Estonia Concert Hall – Estonia Symphony Orchestra –Tallinn, Estonia, April 2024, Shor’s Piano Concerto No. 1

• Auditorium de Reus, Spain – Orchestra XXI Century – Reus – Reus, Spain, November 2023

• Tallinn Philharmony – Narva Symphony Orchestra/Anatoli Stsura – Tallinn, Estonia, 2022

• Nicholas Music Center - Rutgers University Band/Patrick Gardner - NJ, USA, 2018

• Nicholas Music Center - Rutgers University Orchestra/Kynan Johns - NJ, USA, 2017

• Palais Auersperg - Vienna Chamber Orchestra/ Robert Lehrbaumer – Vienna, Austria, 2015

• Narva Geneva Hall - Narva Symphony Orchestra/Anatoli Schura – Narva, Estonia, 2015

• Omsk Philharmonic Hall - Omsk Symphony/Kirill Petrenko – Omsk, Russia, 2010

• Nuova Leon Concert Hall - Parnassos Symphony/Dimitry Yablonsky – Mexico, 2006

• Borden Auditorium, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra/ Jonathan Strasser – NY, USA, 1998

• Grand Hall, Sarah Lawrence Symphony/ San Rai Song – Sarah Lawrence, NY, USA, 1997

 

Chamber Musician

• Classical Hugs International Music Festival – Over 10 performances in various concert halls in Estonian cities Tallinn, Tartu, Kohtla-Järve and in Helsinki, Finland – July-August 2024

• Gümüşlük International Music Festival with Miriam Davis, Gümüşlük, Turkey – July 2024

• Concert Tour in Italy with Miriam Davis, violin and members of “Viva Italia” Trio: Milan, Rome, Taranto, Sicily – April 2024

• “From Italy with Love” – festival of Italian Music in New York with musicians from Foggia Conservatory, October 27-29, 2023

• Concert with members of Neopolis Orchestra, Częstochowa Filharmonia, Poland, October 2023

• Kratt Music Festival at Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, performing “Carnaval of Animals” by Saint-Saens - 2022

• Mazarrón Music Festival – Performing Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, Mazarrón, Spain - 2022

• National Opera America Center, NYC – Concert with St. Petersburg String Quartet – 2022

• Latvian Academy of Music – Riga, Latvia, with Raphael Wallfisch, cello - 2019

• Amber Museum, Palanga, Lithuania – 2019

• Estonia Concert Hall - Tallinn, Estonia - with Alyssa Margulis, violin; Sergei Stadler, violin; Marco Misciagna, viola - 2018

• Da Capel Cathedral, Hilversum, Netherlands with Anastasia de Haan, Violin – 2018

• Avellino Abbey – Avellino, Italy – 2017

• Hanenkiv Museum, Kiev, Ukraine - 2017

• Symphony Space, NYC – concert with 3 Baritones - Benjamin Sloman, Alejandro Olmedo and David Gvinianidze – 2016

• DiMenna Center, NYC – with Metropolitan Opera Soprano Olga Makarina - 2016

• Le Poisson Rouge, NYC – with Helix Contemporary Ensemble – 2014 and 2015

• Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, NYC – 2002

 

 SELECTED COMPETITIONS – JURY MEMBER

• Guadalajara International Piano Competition – June 2024, Mexico

• MusicArte International Music Competition – June 2024, Italy

• Grand-Prix Music Competition – March 2024, New York, USA

• Vertex International Concerto Competition – February 2024, New York, USA

• Chieti Music Competition and Festival – July 2023, Italy

• VI Piano Competition "City of Vigo" (Pre-selection) – February 2022, Vigo, Spain

• Chopin International Piano Competitions - Hartford, Connecticut – 2020 & 2023

• XVI Piano Concerto Competition, New York University, NY - 2020

• XI MozArte Piano Competition – Aachen, Germany – 2019

• XI Lyon International Piano Competition – Lyon, France – 2019

• II Changsha International Piano Competition – Changsha, China – 2018

• II International Piano Competition “Vals de travers” – Nouchatel, Switzerland – 2018

• XX Scriabin International Competition – Grosetto, Italy – 2018

• I Piano Island Competition – Singapore – 2018

• II Paderewski International Competition, Hartford, Connecticut – 2017

• VIII Isidor Bajic Piano Competition – Novi Sad, Serbia – 2016

• II Clairmont Piano Competition – Buchmann Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv, Israel – 2015

• XVI Compositores des Espagna – Madrid, Spain – 2015

 

SELECTED PIANO MASTERCLASSES TAUGHT AS GUEST ARTIST

• X Classical Hugs International Music Festival, Tallinn, Estonia – July-August 2024

• Gümüşlük International Music Festival – Gümüşlük, Turkey, July 2024

• Guadalajara International Piano Festival - Guadalajara, Mexico, June 2024

• Talent Music Masters festival, Brescia, Italy – August 2023

• 6th Chieti International Piano Festival, Italy - July 2023

• Roman School at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. – August 2022

• Chopin University, Poland – July 2022

• Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, United Kingdom – January 2021

• Lucy Moses School at Kaufmann Music Center, New York, USA – February 2020

• IV George Gershwin International Music Competition, New York, USA – November 2019

• Todi International Music Festival: Todi, Italy – August 2019

• Latvian Academy of Music: Riga, Latvia – July 2019

• II Changsha International Music Competition: Changsha, China – October 2018

• Alion Baltic International Music Festival: Tallinn, Estonia – August 2018

• Valencia International Piano Festival: Valencia Conservatory, Spain – July 2018

• Piano Island Festival: Steinway & Sons, Singapore – January 2018

• Festival Internacional y Masterclass: Universidad de Nuevo Leon, Mexico – September 2017

• Ars Nova Academia Musicale: Colleferro, Italy – May 2017

• Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory: Tbilisi, Georgia – June 2016

• Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University: Tel-Aviv, Israel – June 2016

• SUMY International Music Festival: SUMY City, Ukraine – December 2015

 

EDUCATION

Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ - 2021 ~ Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance         

​

Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ - 2019 ~ Master of Arts in Composition and Music Theory

 

New York University, New York, NY - 2005

Master of Music in Piano Performance

 

The Juilliard School, New York, NY - 2003

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance

 

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & FOUNDER

Classical Hugs International Music Festival: Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Lithuania - 2014 – Present                                                                                         

Founder & Artistic Director

• Conceived and founded a 4-week classical music summer festival, presenting 45 events across four countries in 10 cities and 28 venues, focused on presenting piano recitals, chamber, orchestral concerts, and opera, while providing educational experiences for students aged 10 through 35.

• Recruited students from United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Pacific Island Nations, resulting in nearly more than 100 students from more than 40 countries for the 2019 festival.

• Guest artists included Daniel Pollack, Ivry Gitlis, Olga Kern, Shlomo Mintz, Pierre Amoyal, Raphael Wallfisch, Albert Markov, Denia Gavazzeni, Olga Makarina. Dmitri Bashkirov, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, The Northwestern Orchestra of Russia, Orquestra Nova des Guitarras (Portugal).

• Oversaw all administrative functions including payroll, negotiating and executing contracts, marketing, awarding scholarships, fundraising, and grant application.

 

George Gershwin International Piano Competition, New York, NY - 2013 – Present                                                                                                                     

Founder & Artistic Director

• Initiated and created, in conjunction with the Gershwin family, an international piano competition for pianists, violinists, and vocalists ages 8 through 36.

• Served as ambassador for the organization to raise international awareness of the competition.

• Developed and managed the process for receiving and reviewing applications.

• Managed all aspects of the competition including budgeting, collaborating with the Board of Directors, marketing, selecting venues, negotiating contracts, fundraising, and recruiting volunteers.

 

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

• Certificate of Merit – New York State Assembly – New York, 2020

• City Council Citation – New York, 2020

• Certificate of Excellence – Guest Artist – Golden Key Music Festival, New York, 2017

• Recognition of Excellence in Teaching – Ars Nova Music Academy, Colleferro, Italy, 2017

• Award of Excellence in Service – Narva City, Estonia, 2014

• Award for the Best Interpretation of music by Franz Liszt, Mexico, 2006

• Award for the Best Interpretation of Spanish music – for Leyenda by I. Albeniz - Andorra, 2005

• II Prize – Escaldes-Engordany International Piano Competition – Andorra, 2005

• I Prize – Citta di Gorizia International Piano Competition – Gorizia, Italy, 2004

• Finalist – Zeiler International Piano Competition, Germany 2004

• Recipient - “Outstanding People of the 20th century”, Cambridge, U.K. – editions 2000 and 2001

• I Prize Winner – Puigcerda International Piano Competition, Spain, 1999

• I Prize Winner – Associated Music Teachers League Competition, Steinway Hall, New York, 1998

• I Prize Winner – Manhattan Concerto Competition, New York, 1998

• I Prize Winner – Sarah Lawrence College Concerto Competition, New York, 1997

 

RECORDINGS

• “Ode to Lost Time” – CD Recording on Convivium Label with violinist Miriam Davis, based on literary connotations of Marcel Proust - 2024

• New York, New York – Music by New York composers: works by John Corigliano, Chick Korea, Ned Rorem, Philip Lasser, Yan Leus, and Larissa Kritskaya (CD), 2019.

• Solo Recital at Yamaha Piano Salon: works by J.S. Bach, L. von Beethoven, Granados, and Prokofiev (CD). © Yamaha Records, New York, 2014. 

• Transcriptions of the Past and Future - works by J.S. Bach, Liszt, Brahms, Busoni, and Horowitz (CD). © Neue Sterne Records, Hannover, Germany, 2012.

​​​

PUBLICATIONS

• “Interpretive Aspects of Transcription for Solo Piano by Liszt, Busoni, Godowsky, and Rachmaninov Based on Works of J.S. Bach: A Comparative Analysis.” D.M.A. Dissertation, Rutgers University, 2020.

• “Hammerklavier – Redone”, Rutgers University, 2018.

  • https://www.academia.edu/36301182/Hammerklavier_Redone

• “Honoring Paderewski: The Golden Lion of the Piano”, The Juilliard Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 3, November 2001

 

TV/RADIO PROGRAMS / OTHER MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

• Channel 12 News (New York, NY)

• Interviewed by Robert Scherman (WQXR, NY)

• Interviewed by David Osenberg (WWFM, NJ)

• Interviewed by Robert Amato (Long Island University Public Broadcast Radio)

• Russian Television Network (New York, NY) – multiple interviews

• TV Tokyo (Japan)

• TV1 - Vesti Program (Russia - 1993)

• TV1, TV3, Postimees (Estonia)

• Latvijas Radio 4 – Doma Laukums (Latvia)

 

LECTURES/CONFERENCES

• Industry Roundtable: "Piano Competitions in the Digital Age" with Zsolt Bognár (Living the Classical Life) and Sean Hickey (Naxos). Co-Presenter with Get Classical. The National Opera Center, New York, USA – January 2020.

• Piano Transcriptions and Their Role in the Contemporary Age – lecture-recital at Stuyvesant High School. Presented by Get Classical - Guest Performer and lecturer – January 2020.

• Now and Then, at Tenri Cultural Institute, NY – lecture-recital, featuring contemporary solo and chamber works - Presenter, speaker, performer - May, 2019.

• Gershwin Competition – Winners’ Series at Carnegie Hall – multiple soloists and chamber ensembles – Weill Recital Hall – Presenter, speaker, performer - January 2019.

• International Piano Conference – Changsha, China – Guest Speaker - October 2018.

• How to Be Enterprizing in Music of the 21st century: Piano Conference – Valencia International Piano Festival – Valencia, Spain – Guest Speaker – July 2018.

• Night Music – Lecture-Recital, performing music by New York Composers: Chick Korea, John Corigliano, Philip Lasser - Barge Music, NY, December 2011.

 

EDUCATOR

Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY                                                                                                                                   2022-Present

Lucy Moses School

• Teach applied piano and chamber ensembles to both undergraduate, graduate students, and young adults.

 

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ                                                                                                                                 2014 – 2018

Piano Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts

• Taught applied piano, group piano classes, and chamber ensembles to both undergraduate and graduate students.

• Prepared piano students and chamber ensembles for juries and concerts.

• Performed faculty concerts as soloist and chamber musician.

 

Long Island Conservatory, Albertson, NY                                                                                                                                2002 – 2023

Piano Professor

• Maintained a wide-ranging course load for undergraduate and graduate students, including applied piano, chamber music coaching, piano pedagogy, and piano performance class.

• Recruited domestic and international students to study at Long Island Conservatory.

• Presented studio concerts at Long Island Conservatory as well as at prominent venues in New York City.

• Prepared students successfully for competitions in which they were winners and laureates, such as Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Steinway & Sons, and Paderewski.

 

Mokwon University, Daejeon, South Korea                                                                                                                            2005 – 2006

Guest Faculty

• Provided applied piano instruction and coached various chamber ensembles (from Trio to Octet).

 

New York University, New York, NY                                                                                                                                        2003 – 2005

Adjunct Instructor of Music at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Development

• Provided applied piano instruction for majors and group piano instruction for Keyboard Skills and Improvisation

 

COMPOSER

• Then and Now Series, Tenri Cultural Institute: Areadna’s Thread: Theme with Variations for Solo Piano – 2019

• Vaba Lava Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia: Danse Macabre Transcription for Piano Trio – 2019

• II Changsha International Piano Competition, China: Chinese Folk Song Transcription for Solo Piano – 2018.

• Rutgers Symphony, New Brunswick, NJ: 7 Waves of Inertia for Orchestra – 2018

• Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY: Three poems by Emily Dickinson for Soprano and Mixed Ensemble – 2016

• Center of Musical Excellence, Carnegie Hall, New York: Variation on a Theme by A. Diabelli for Solo Piano – 2015