Piano

Larissa Dedova, (Russia/USA)

For over 30 years LARISSA DEDOVA has performed extensively in concert halls throughout the world. She has performed with numerous orchestras, including St.Petersburg Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Orchestre de Chambre de Budapest, Moscow Philharmonic and Estonian State Symphony Orchestra, among many others.  As a recitalist, Ms. Dedova appears frequently in major venues throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.She has appeared as festival artist for numerous music festivals such as the William Kapell International Piano Festival at Maryland, Semaines...

Maria Demina (Russia/ USA)

Maria Demina was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and has been a professional pianist for over twenty years.  She began her piano studies at the age of six, with renowned pedagogue Vera Solovieva, and gave her first public recital in the Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic when she was eight.  A natural performer with maturity well beyond her years, she was invited to play the premiere of Vladimir Ryvikin’s Piano Concerto at the tender age of ten.  She continued her musical studies with Professor Vladimir Shakin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and graduated...

Alexandre Dossin (Brazil/ USA)

Considered by Martha Argerich an “extraordinary musician” and by the international critic a “phenomenon” and “a master of contrasts,” Alexandre Dossin keeps an active performing, recording and teaching careers. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he lived until he was 19, Alexandre spent nine years studying in Moscow, Russia, before establishing residency in the United States. Currently on the faculty at the University of Oregon School of Music,  Alexandre Dossin is a graduate from the University of Texas-Austin and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in...

Karen Follingstad (USA)

KAREN FOLLINGSTAD has been Professor of Piano at San Diego State University since 1984. She has also taught at Indiana University, the University of Texas at Austin, Kent State University, the University of Akron, and was artist faculty at the Kent-Blossom Music Festival from 1992-94, where she coached chamber music and performed with principal members of the Cleveland Orchestra. As a solo recitalist, Dr. Follingstad has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America and has recorded for the Hessische Rundfunk and the Norwegian Radio. She has appeared as soloist...

Grace Fong, (USA)

Praised as “positively magical,” an artist of “rare eloquence and grace,” American pianist GRACE FONG enjoys a career as an international concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and teacher. She has gained critical acclaim in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, making appearances at major venues around the world, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, Phillips Collection, Disney Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Great Hall in Leeds, UK, the Liszt Academy in Budapest,...

Mark Fouxman, (Russia/ USA)

MARK FOUXMAN, a man of many talents—concert pianist, charismatic and inspiring piano teacher, inventor, audio and electronics engineer, microphone designer, and owner/chief designer of a successful microphone production company—has performed as a soloist, with orchestra, and in chamber music recitals in some of the greatest halls in Russia, Israel, and Holland, including the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Jerusalem Music Center, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He started piano lessons with his father, Vladimir Fouxman...

Slava Gabrielov, (Russia/USA)

Mr. Slava Gabrielov is a solo and chamber music performer, accompanist, composer, teacher of international competition winners, conductor of master classes and music editor. His students have won over 15 major national and international piano competitions. Piano instruction is his main professional occupation and focus. Dr. Gabrielov has been teaching piano for over 35-years to date, working with students of all levels – beginners, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate. Amongst his many students are 16 laureates of national and international piano competitions. He has...

Tatiana Gerasimova, (Russia/USA)

Concert pianist Tatiana Gerasimova won audience recognition as a soloist and chamber musician whose, bright and energetic personality; individual sound palette and strong stage presence make her performance unique and easily recognized. Gerasimova’s intensive concert schedule includes concert venues all over Europe, Russia and the USA. In addition to her solo recitals, she has performed with internationally renowned musicians such as Vagram Saradjian, Sergey Khachatryan, Zakhar Bron, Nana Jashvili, Marina Prudenskaja, Andrzej Grabiec, and many others. Recently, Ms....

Arthur Green (USA)

“A profound musician” – The Washington Post; “A masterful pianist” – The New York Times; “Intoxicating appeal” – Mainichi Daily News, Japan; “A romantic splendor of sound-colors” – Ruhr Nachrichten; “Stellar Scriabinist” American Record Guide: these are a few of the press accolades Arthur Greene has garnered. Mr. Greene’s dynamic and personal performances have won him acclaim in concert halls and competitions throughout the world. He has won the Gold Medals in the William Kapell and Gina...

Erna Gulabyan (Armenia/ USA)

ERNA GULABYAN was born in Erevan, Armenia. Her musical training began at the age of three. At the age of six, she entered the Central Music School for gifted children. After graduating from the school, she studied piano with Yakov Flier at the Moscow Conservatory. Since that time, she has been performing extensively in different countries. Ms. Gulabyan began her teaching career at the piano faculty of the Yerevan Conservatory and continued at the San Francisco Conservatory after her emigration to the United States in 1973. Her students won numerous national and...

Matthew Hill (USA)

Matthew Hill:  pianist and Professor of Piano at Goshen College (USA) whose interests in monasticism, theology, and the role of silence in music, engage his teaching, scholarship, and performing with a unique perspective and depth.  Professional highlights include a series of master classes and a recital performance at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China; contribution of a chapter to Silence, Music, Silent Music (Ashgate 2007); a performance at the White House in Washington D.C. as accompanist for the Wausau Conservatory Choraliers; publication of...

Stéphane Lemelin (Canada)

Pianist Stéphane Lemelin is well-known to audiences throughout Canada and regularly performs in the United States, Europe and Asia as soloist and chamber musician. His repertory is vast, with a predilection for the German Classical and Romantic literature and a particular affinity for French music, as evidenced by his more than twenty recordings, which include works by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Poulenc and Roussel.  Moreover, Stéphane Lemelin is director of the French music series “Découvertes 1890-1939” on the  Atma Classique label, dedicated to the...

Eduard Kunz, (Russia/ England)

Named among 10 tomorrow’s great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, Eduard Kunz has performed and broadcast frequently with many major European orchestras including BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Hallé and The Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and London Musici, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie, The Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal...

Vadim Monastyrski (Israel)

Vadim Monastyrski received his musical education from the Moscow Gnesin Institute under the guidance of Theodor Gutman (pupil of the legendary Henrich Neihaus). He is a Bronze medallist of Liszt – Bartok International Piano Competition in Budapest, Hungary in 1976, and a winner of a Gold medal at the Haendel International Festival in Halle, Germany in 1979. “His performance of the Sonata in B – Minor by Liszt left us astounded. We were as though hypnotized. This masterpiece is the top of Liszt’s creative work. The canvas of music woven by the pianist seemed to...

Tamas Ungar, (Hungary/ USA)

Pianist Tamás Ungár has earned worldwide acclaim for his powerful performances and innovative programming. A regular guest artist at numerous music centers in the United States, he also performs and teaches frequently all over the globe. During the past seasons, he performed in America, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Romania, England, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The People’s Republic of China, Korea and Japan. Some of the highlights of these include performances with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, performing as soloist/conductor of Mozart Piano Concertos at the...

Mikhail Volchok, (Russia/USA)

The  key  to  his  success  lies  in  this  classical  formula: talent  plus  work”.  This  is  what  the  famous  Russian  pianist  and  teacher, Professor  Pavel  Serebriakov, said  about  his  pupil. Mikhail  Volchok  was  lucky  enough  to  study  in  the  best  schools  of  Russia: with  Professor  Yakov  Zak  at  the  Tchaikovsky  Conservatory  in  Moscow (1968 – 1972) and  with  Professor  Pavel  Serebriakov  at  the  Rimsky-Korsakov  Conservatory  in  St. Petersburg  for  his  BM and DMA...

Vlada Vassilieva, (Mexico)

Mexican pianist of Russian descent, Vlada Vassilieva has performed at the principal concert venues in Mexico, United States of America, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, France, The Netherlands, China and Canada. Winner of the Nadia Reisenberg Piano Award in New York (2010); top-prize winner at the “Claudio Herrera” National Piano Competition in Mexico (2006), Russian Music International Competition in United States (2004), Angelica Morales – Yamaha National Piano Competition in Mexico (2003), International Competition for Young Pianists in Ukraine...

Anatoly Zatin, (Russia/Mexico)

Winner of international music festivals in Russia, Korea, Italy and Hungary, Anatoly Zatin has been awarded with the UNICEF Medal of Honour for his activities as pianist and conductor. He has toured Sweden, Norway, Deutschland, Finland, England, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, China, Korea, United States of America and Mexico in numerous occasions, performing at many of the world”s most important concert venues. He has recorded for companies such as “Melodia” in Russia, “Azzura Music” in Italy, and “Aurora Records” in...

Yin Zheng (USA)

Pianist YIN ZHENG enjoys a vibrant career of performing and teaching across Europe, US, and Asia. A Ukrainian Newspaper has described her playing as “an astonishing torrent of images, passages, and themes,  amazing the audience with an unbelievable technical precision that was balanced by delicate melodic and dynamic nuances.” She has been featured on leading music stages such as Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall in New York City and, in worldwide reputable music festivals in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, China and Canada. She has...