We have enjoyed the past 2 days with Anthony de Mare, our guest Artist-in-Residence in the 3 week Traditional Session. On Sunday, he played a masterful recital of 20th and 21st century piano works. Today, he gave a talk to our participants on extended techniques. Tomorrow he will give a masterclass.
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An exceptional concert given by our Artist Participants tonight.
We had another outstanding concert by our Artist Participants. Congratulations to all.
Highlights of the 3-week session at Adamant so far.
Please join us this Wednesday at 7:30 at the Adamant Community Club for a concert featuring artist participants in our 3-week Traditional Session. We have a great line up of performers and great music!
We look forward to HieYon Choi's recital at 3 PM tomorrow. She will play 4 Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Beethoven Sonata Op 31/2, 3 Debussy etudes, and close with Beethoven Sonata, Op. 101. Tickets are $15 (exact cash or check), free to members. This is an event not to be missed!
We open our 3-week Traditional Session tomorrow with our faculty concert at 3 PM. Our performers include Andrew Cooperstock, Elaine Greenfield, Robert Henry, Deirdre O'Donohue, and Roberta Rust. You won't want to miss this unique and varied program. Tickets are sold at the door. Admission is $15/person, free for members. We look forward to seeing you there!
John O'Conor's masterclass week is always a highlight here at Adamant. Here are some remembrances from last week.
The first day of the John O'Conor masterclass featured the brilliant teaching and great performances by 6 of our performers featuring the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Szymankwski.
The final evening of the 2024 Christopher Elton featured outstanding performances by Yundi Xu, Janet Hickey, Benny Young, Alexandra Eames, Eliza Thomas, and Szymon Czerniak. Bravo to all!
Our opening concert was a huge success. Congratulations to the following participants of the 2024 Elton Masterclass (Pictured from left to right): Qize Liu, Richard Nguyen, Mateo Arango, Andrew Wood, Christopher Elton, Janice Nimetz, Yijiao Wang,, Jisoo Kim, Yundi Xu, and Naomi Wong.
Day 2 of the Christopher Elton Masterclass was another day of great music-making and inspired teaching.
Today was a beautiful start of our summer sessions with excellent performers of the Christopher Elton Masterclass.
It has been a crazy week getting ready for our 2024 summer season. We are looking forward to welcoming participants in the Christopher Elton Masterclass tomorrow.
Rachmanov plays Rachmaninoff! 🎹🎻
Congratulations to longtime Traditional Session faculty member Dmitry Rachmanov on his Carnegie Hall recital tonight with renowned cellist Misha Quint. Their program "Sparring Sonatas" features major works by Brahms, Boccherini, and Rachmaninoff. Join us in celebrating this wonderful concert!
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The Adamant Music School congratulates 2023 faculty member, Jose Ramon Mendez, on his new appointment to Oberlin Conservatory as Associate Professor of Piano.
Oberlin Conservatory is delighted to announce that pianist José Ramón Méndez will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall 2024 semester.
"José Ramón Méndez is an excellent fit to be the newest member of our piano faculty,” says Alvin Chow, Professor and Chair of the Piano Department. “We have long admired his work, and are delighted to welcome him to be our colleague."
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Today is the deadline for applications to our summer programs. Don't delay! Don't miss out! Come experience the magic of Adamant!
AMS is thrilled to welcome back pianist Robert Henry as part of our faculty in the 2024 3-week Traditional Session, July 14-August 2.
"Robert Henry's lyricism hits the mark. Cogent shaping, dynamism, and powerful; inner voices decisively sing and project as his Chopin's bass lines reinforce this music's often ignored backbone; rapturous and texturally refined playing; absolutely enchanting." --Gramophone Magazine
Hailed as a "consummate artist -- brilliant, formidable, effortless, and the epitome of control and poise," Robert Henry is an internationally distinguished pianist, winning universal acclaim as orchestral soloist, recitalist, accompanist, and chamber musician. Possessing the rare combination of insight, inspiration, and a dazzling technique, he continues to touch and electrify audiences around the world.
Career highlights include 2002 solo debut recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Wigmore Hall, with critics praising his "flawless technique, smooth and limpid phrasing, exciting programming." He performed the opening concert for the 2004 MTNA National Convention, and has presented concerts, masterclasses, and lectures under the auspices of the American Pianists Association, Chopin Foundation of America, National Gallery of Art, Glinka Conservatory, Phillips Collection, University of California-Berkeley, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, University of South Carolina, Arkansas State University, Georgia State University, Strathmore Hall, Kitzingen Piano Festival (Germany), and the Ibla-Ragusa Piano Festival (Italy). He has presented concert tours of the U.S., England, Poland, Czech Republic, Nova Scotia, Russia, Italy, and Canada.
A renowned collaborator and chamber musician, he has appeared with such notable conductors as Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, Michael Palmer, Steven Byess, and Stefan Sanderling. Following his recent major orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Journal Constitution claimed Robert as "an accomplished musician, versatile and elegant...he elevated the concerto to a poignant statement." Dr. Henry has presented recitals with the Pacifica Quartet, cellist Shauna Rolston, soprano Mary Ann Hart, and tenor Sergio Blasquez. He has toured internationally with the Grammy-winning Atlanta Boy Choir, directed by Fletcher Wolfe, and has accompanied the masterclasses of eminent artists Jerry Hadley, Frederica von Stade, and HĂĄkan HagegĂĄrd.
Together with cellist Charae Krueger, he has presented the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven. He is also a founding member of the Summit Piano Trio, joined by Helen Kim (violin) and Charae Krueger (cello). Critics have praised his ensemble playing, saying, "It was clear from the outset that Robert Henry is a master of the keyboard. He moves easily from being an accompanist, to a soloist, to one member of the dialogue between his instrument and the ensemble. Robert Henry is top notch."
Robert Henry has enjoyed phenomenal success in important piano competitions, ultimately winning the Gold Medal in four International Piano Competitions in the 2001Â-2002 season alone (New Orleans International Piano Competition, Washington International Piano Competition, Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Alfredo Barilli International Piano Competition). These prizes stand alongside fourteen additional first place awards received throughout his career, including the Clara Wells National Competition. On three occasions, juries have spontaneously created special prizes to honor his performances, including Best Performance of a 20th-Century Work and Best Performance of a Commissioned Work. He is a laureate of the 2003 Seiler International Piano Competition (Germany).
An International Steinway Artist, Dr. Henry has earned a reputation for giving stunning performances of the most demanding repertoire and for presenting overlooked masterpieces to the public, from Bach to Boulanger. One New York critic wrote, "Robert Henry's Chopin-Godowsky Études were beautiful beyond description. His sound brings to mind the great pianists of the past, for whom beauty of tone was integral to the structure of the phrase."
In response to Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Henry coordinated and performed in the 2006 "Pianists for New Orleans" tour of the United States, raising over $100,000 for the city. For these efforts, he was presented with the Distinguished Service Award by the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans.
In 2010, Robert Henry released his debut CD, Twelve Nocturnes and a Waltz, to rave reviews. Gramophone Magazine declared, "Robert Henry's lyricism hits the mark. Absolutely enchanting." The recording is a collection of some of the world's best-loved melodies, featuring Nocturnes of Chopin, Faur, Grieg, Liszt, and many others, including the world premiere of Alexei Stanchinsky's forgotten Nocturne from 1907. Also featured is Dr. Henry's own published transcription of Waltz for the Lonely, originally by guitarist Chet Atkins. Dr. Henry was also winner of two 2010 Telly Awards for the documentary about his recording experience, The Making of Twelve Nocturnes and a Waltz. Dr. Henry was joined by violinist Helen Kim in a world premiere recording of Romance and Dance by Chen Yi for Centaur Records. Also, Mr. Henry arranged and performed Faure’s Pie Jesu for the Atlanta Boy Choir for the film, Captain America 3 (2016). He is regularly heard locally and nationally on NPR's Atlanta Music Scene and Performance Today.
In 2016, Dr. Henry released his third critically acclaimed recording, As the Songbird Sings: Music of Schubert and Brahms, which included the world premiere recording of Brahms' recently discovered piece, Albumblatt.
Dr. Henry earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, with additional studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Glinka Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was awarded the 2009 KSU Distinguished Alumni Award. He has studied closely with pianists Larissa Dedova, Sergei Dzevanovsky, Anne Koscielny, Raymond Hanson, David Watkins, Joseph Meeks, George Mintz, Sergei Babayan, and André Watts.
As an educator and pedagogue, Dr. Robert Henry is an MTNA Nationally Certified educator and has lectured and performed at universities, conservatories, and festivals worldwide. He has served as recitalist, clinician, and juror for state, regional, and national MTNA conventions and competitions, and he has been featured in American Music Teacher, Gramophone, and Clavier. He operates an exclusive private studio in Atlanta, GA. He is Director of the Atlanta Boy Choir, Organist-Choirmaster of the Saint George's Episcopal Church in Griffin, GA, and he proudly serves as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Piano at Kennesaw State University.
In 2019, Dr. Henry presented a lecture entitled, "Practicing Like a Pro" at the MTNA National Convention in Spokane Washington. Future projects include a recording of Bach's Complete Two-Part Inventions and Chopin Études, Op. 10.
Robert lives in historic Marietta, GA, with his son, Lucas Sebastian Henry. He maintains his web-presence at www.roberthenry.org.
Dr. Henry is represented by Parker Artists, New York.
AMS wishes a very Happy Birthday to Roberta Rust, a member of our distinguished faculty in the 3-week Traditional Session. She will join our faculty this summer in the 2024 Traditional Session, July 14-August 2.
Roberta Rust has concertized to critical acclaim, appearing in recital at prestigious concert halls worldwide and collaborating with leading ensembles. Her artistry has been enthusiastically hailed for recordings on the Navona, Centaur, and Protone labels. Rust has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, New York's Merkin Concert Hall, Rio de Janeiro's Sala Cecilia Meireles, Washington's Corcoran Gallery, Havana’s Basilica and Seoul's KNUA Hall. She has appeared with the Lark, Ying, Serafin, Amernet and Fine Arts String Quartets and as soloist with the Houston Symphony, New World Symphony, Philippine Philharmonic, New Philharmonic, Redlands Symphony, Boca Raton Symphonia, Knox-Galesburg Symphony, Frederick Symphony, Lynn Philharmonia, and orchestras in Latin America. Festival appearances include Miami's Mainly Mozart Festival, the Philippines’ Opusfest, the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival, Festival Miami, Long Island's Beethoven Festival, and France's La Gesse. She served as Artistic Ambassador for the United States, was awarded a major National Endowment for the Arts grant, and also received recognition and prizes from the Organization of American States, National Society of Arts & Letters, and International Concours de Fortepiano (Paris).
Dr. Rust serves as Artist Faculty-Piano/Professor and head of the piano department at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. During the summers she is on faculty at the Adamant Music School in Vermont and the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Tampa, Florida. She has given master classes throughout the Americas and Asia including at Northwestern University, the San Francisco Conservatory, the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, the Yong-Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore, and the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories. She is also a widely respected adjudicator and has served on the juries of several noted competitions including the Bösendorfer-Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition, Florida Young Artist International Competition, MTNA competitions, the Royal 2023 International Piano Competition, at the New World Symphony, Chautauqua and Brevard Festivals, and at the Colburn School’s Music Academy. Rust has been presented in performances and master classes at the Fondation Bell'Arte International Certificate for Piano Artists program, the Manila International Piano Masterclasses Festival, and the University of Florida International Piano Festival.
Roberta Rust was born in Houston, Texas, resides in South Florida , and is a Lakota descendant. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory, graduated summa cm laude from the University of Texas at Austin, and earned performer's certificates in piano and German Lieder from the Mozarteum in Salzburg. A student of Ivan Davis, Artur Balsam, John Perry, and Phillip Evans, she received a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a doctorate from the University of Miami. Master class studies were with Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher, Carlo Zecchi, and Erik Werba. For more info visit www.robertarust.com.
“Roberta Rust is a powerhouse of a pianist--one who combines an almost frightening fervor and intensity with impeccable technique and spartan control.” —The New York Times
“There was tremendous bravura, sweep, and power...Here was a virtuosa.” —The Miami Herald
“She proves herself a first-rate Debussy player...This is quite simply one of the finest Debussy discs I have heard in recent memory.” —Fanfare Magazine
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AMS welcomes award-winning pianist, Anthony de Mare, as a guest artist in our 3-week Traditional Session, July 14-August 2. De Mare, a specialist in 20th/21st century piano music, will be in residence from July 28-30, where he will present a recital, a lecture on contemporary extended piano techniques, as well as lessons and masterclasses.
ANTHONY DE MARE is one of the world’s foremost champions of contemporary music, known for entrepreneurial performance projects that expand the repertoire and the audience for contemporary music, including the speaking-singing pianist genre that he pioneered over 30 years ago with the premiere of Rzewski’s De Profundis. Praised time and again by The New York Times, his versatility over the past three decades has inspired the creation of over 90 new works by some of today’s most distinguished artists including Steve Reich, Jon Batiste, Christopher Cerrone, Stephen Hough, Meredith Monk, Paola Prestini, Kevin Puts, Mason Bates, Max Richter, Wynton Marsalis, Nico Muhly, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, and Andy Akiho, among many others.
His recent monumental concert project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, celebrates the music of Stephen Sondheim through the commissioned re-imaginings of composers from across the musical spectrum. The first 36 pieces in the collection were recorded by de Mare on the New Series label for ECM Records, engineered by Judith Sherman, and was cited on numerous “Best Of” lists. The San Francisco Chronicle declared that “this irresistible new CD set — is a little short of breathtaking … many of the composers give de Mare plenty of opportunities for virtuoso showing off — which he grabs with gusto. The whole undertaking is a triumph.”
In 2020, in honor of Sondheim’s 90th birthday, de Mare extended the Project with 14 new commissions bringing the total compendium to 50 new works. The new recording entitled All Things Bright and Beautiful ~ Liaisons II: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano will be released in the early summer of 2024 on Avie Records.
The breadth of de Mare’s programming – from traditional classical and jazz venues to theaters, museums, and nontraditional spaces – speaks to his versatility and virtuosity, as do his performances spanning five continents and his discography of over twenty recordings including works by Ives, Cowell, Harrison, Cage, Meredith Monk, Frederic Rzewski, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gena, David Del Tredici, and Astor Piazzolla, among others. Since his debut with Young Concert Artists, his accolades and awards have included First Prize and Audience Prize at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (The Netherlands) and The International Contemporary Piano Competition of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France).
Recent performances include two concerts premiering the Liaisons2020 works at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall, the 2023 Southeastern Piano Festival, UCLA’s Royce Hall, Ravinia, Green Music Center, Maverick Concerts, Carnegie Hall, Puerto Piano Festival, Oregon Center for the Arts, Mostly Modern Festival, American Pianists Association, Australia (Melbourne Recital Centre and Sydney), London Jazz Festival at the Barbican, NPR’s “All Things Considered”, HBO’s “Six by Sondheim”, Bari Piano Festival in Italy, 21C Festival in Toronto, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Cal Performances (Berkeley), Virginia Tech Center for the Arts, SF Jazz, and the Gilmore Keyboard Festival. A European concert tour is planned for 2025 which will include the Porto Pianofest and the Gijon International Piano Festival.
A Steinway Artist, he is currently Professor of Piano at Manhattan School of Music. He is a faculty member at the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY each summer, and is a guest curator for Kaufmann Music Center. He has also served as new music curator for the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in NYC.
Check out this thrilling performance by Tracy Tang, alumna of Christopher Elton's masterclasses! She met Professor Elton at Adamant in 2022 and now studies with him in London at the Royal Academy of Music on full scholarship. More news from her soon, stay tuned!
Meet great teachers at Adamant this summer -- apply by April 1st at https://www.adamant.org/!
AMS welcomes back veteran faculty member, Elaine Greenfield, to the 2024 3-week Traditional Session. Elaine's time with AMS dates back to the late 1960s, when she began her studies with the school's founder, Edwine Behre.
Come be a part of the wonderful lasting tradition that is Adamant.
Elaine Greenfield is a widely acclaimed pianist, recognized internationally for her performances, recordings, and teaching, with a distinguished career as soloist/lecture recitalist, and collaborative artist. Nationally, Ms. Greenfield has received rave reviews for performances at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Washington DC’s Phillips Collection, Boston’s Gardner Museum, and numerous college campuses coast to coast. She has been televised and broadcast over national and international radio, including the BBC (6.7 mp3 file), NPR, WGBH, WNYC, WAMC, WVPR, and KBAQ. 1996 marked her first of several performances at the Historical Piano Study Center of the E. Michael Frederick Collection, Ashburnham, MA, where she subsequently engaged in two extensive recording projects, for Centaur Records. Elaine’s current recording project is in the final stages of commercial production.
Recordings include her first Frederick Collection collaboration, “Debussy Preludes, Bk.s 1 & 2,” recording of the 24 Debussy Preludes on a 1907 Blüthner of Leipzig virtually identical to Debussy’s piano of choice when he composed the works. (2004 release) The second Frederick Collection recording, “French Four Hands with the Elegant Erard,” features the Transcontinental Piano Duo (Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer Thompson) performing French duet masterpieces on the collection’s 1877 Erard concert grand. (2010 release) Earlier recordings include the first book of Debussy Preludes (1984); a CD with the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble; “Music of Her Own,” songs and piano music by women with soprano Jill Hallett Levis; “The Transcontinental Piano Duo,” and “Concert Favorites,” 2 CDs of music for piano 4-hands, performed by the Duo. Elaine’s current recording project, “Ravel Compared,” is a double-disc set featuring selected solo works of Maurice Ravel. Disc one features the works performed on an 1893 French Erard Grand, comparable to Ravel’s personal piano. For comparison, disc two features the same works performed on a 1937 Ivers and Pond concert grand.
Elaine Greenfield is available for concerts featuring the works heard on “Ravel Compared,” with CDs available for purchase. Additionally, a masterclass is possible. For information and/or to schedule a performance date, contact Elaine at
Currently the Transcontinental Piano Duo tours nationally to universities, colleges and community series, presenting performances, master classes, teacher workshops, and adjudication. Elaine and Jan have performed in 16 of the 50 United States, with a goal of reaching all 50! Please visit the Duo’s web site for a full range of their activities.
Ms. Greenfield has been included in the Vermont Arts Council’s Artist Register since 1972, and in 1992 was awarded a VAC Fellowship Grant by Governor Howard Dean. In 1987 she received Centennial Award of Merit from S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, Crane School of Music, for “exceptional contributions to musical America.” Elaine was a founding performer of the VT Contemporary Music Ensemble, and toured for 20 years with Philadelphia flutist, Pamela Guidetti, protege of French master Marcel Moyse. Additionally, in her local area, performances have included I Musici de Montreal,VT Symphony Orchestra, VT Mozart Festival, VT Philharmonic, and decades of solo and collaborative recitals with various regional and national artists.
As an educator Elaine Greenfield is a passionate and dedicated teacher, maintaining an independent studio in South Burlington, Vermont. Since 1973 Greenfield has been a member of the artist-faculty of the Adamant Music School, a unique, internationally recognized summer program for pianists, where she also served as director from 1979-1982. She is a Master Teacher in the Music Teachers National Association, a resource person for workshops, master classes, and lecture recitals, and an active adjudicator. In her local area Greenfield has served as Artistic Director of concert events for St. Paul’s Cathedral Arts for forty-five years and is founder-director of Greenfield Piano Associates, an educational organization dedicated to the art of piano playing. During her extensive teaching career, Elaine has taught students of all ages and levels, with several young artists from her studio winning contests at state, regional and national levels. Many have since gone on to musical careers throughout the US. Presently, Elaine particularly enjoys working with teachers and mature artist students, both in her home studio and at the Adamant Music School.
Ms. Greenfield holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in piano performance and teaching, and her early training included such notable instructors as James Ball, Irene Rosenberg Grau, Walter Hautzig, John Perry, Lorin Hollander, Julio Esteban, and Dorothy Taubman.
Although her repertoire is extensive and varied Elaine Greenfield has loved French Music since early student days at the Crane School of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, and in New York with mentor and Adamant founder Edwine Behre. About her New York Carnegie Recital Hall debut, which included the second book of Debussy Preludes, New York Times critic Peter G. Davis wrote: “Ms. Greenfield possesses a formidable technique which she uses for expressive purposes rather than flashy surface effect…The Preludes were particularly well conceived, etched in a clearly drawn, rhythmically strong profile that made a welcome contrast to the mushy impressionistic haze that many pianists consider appropriate for this composer.”
Elaine Greenfield – Navona Records Elaine Greenfield is a widely acclaimed pianist, recognized internationally for her performances, recordings, and teaching, with a distinguished career as soloist/lecture recitalist, and collaborative artist.
AMS is proud to introduce Andrew Cooperstock as our newest faculty member in the 3-week Traditional Session, July 14-August 2.
Pianist Andrew Cooperstock performs widely as soloist and chamber musician and has appeared throughout six continents and in most of the fifty states, including performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the United Nations. He has been featured in recitals and concerto appearances at the Chautauqua, Brevard, and Round Top music festivals, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, and Hong Kong’s Hell Hot! New Music Festival, in such international locales as London, Paris, Geneva, Beijing, Seoul, Accra, Kiev, Vladivostok, Canberra, Quito, and Lima, and on National Public Radio, Radio France, and the British Broadcasting Corporation. In 2019-20 he performed and taught in China, Hong Kong, Germany, Czech Republic, New York, Minnesota, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, the Carolinas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Arizona, and he was convention artist for Music Teachers Association of California.
Cooperstock’s recent articles have appeared in Piano Magazine and the MTNA e-Journal, and as part of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, he lectured on the composer’s pedagogical legacy at the MTNA national virtual conference. His video on teaching Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Op. 2, No. 1, created for the Frances Clark Center’s inaugural series "From the Artist Bench," was released in February. An advocate for American music, Andrew Cooperstock has premiered works by composers Lowell Liebermann, John Fitz Rogers, Rob Paterson, and Aaron Copland and participated in commissioning works by Eric Stern, Robert Starer, Dan Welcher, and Meira Warshauer. With a special interest in piano music of Leonard Bernstein, he made the first recording of Bernstein’s complete piano works, for Bridge Records, a portion of which appears in Deutsche Grammophon’s Bernstein: Complete Works.
A sough-after chamber musician, Cooperstock has performed with the Takács Quartet, the Ying Quartet, the Dorian Quintet, violinist James Buswell, violist Roberto Diaz, cellists Andres Diaz and András Fejer, hornist Eli Epstein, and pianist Paul Schoenfield, and he is a member of the Colorado Chamber Players. With violinist William Terwilliger, as Opus Two (www.opustwo.org), Cooperstock has recorded the complete works for piano and violin by Aaron Copland. The award-winning duo has been internationally recognized for its “divine phrases, impelling rhythm, elastic ensemble and stunning sounds,” as well as its commitment to expanding the violin-piano duo repertoire. The duo has appeared throughout North and South America, Europe, and Australia, and it made its Asian debut in 2006 with performances across China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East. In 2011 they were in residence with the National Symphony of Ghana, Africa, and at the University of Ghana Legon. Their appearance at Woodstock, New York’s prestigious Maverick Concerts was called “one of the most significant and worthwhile concerts of the 2010 season.” In 2013 Opus Two were guests of the United States Embassy on tour throughout Peru. With cellist Andres Diaz, Opus Two has recorded chamber music by Lowell Liebermann (Albany Records) and Paul Schoenfield (Azica Records). Opus Two’s recording Bernstein: Violin Sonata, Piano Trio, New Transcriptions (Naxos) features new arrangements by legendary Broadway music director Eric Stern and collaborations with Broadway actress-singer Marin Mazzie, and their following CD, a 75th-anniversary tribute to American composer George Gershwin, features a newly commissioned Eric Stern arrangement of beloved songs from Girl Crazy and collaborations with Broadway singer Ashley Brown.
Prize-winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs Artist Competition, the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and the United States Information Agency’s Artistic Ambassador Auditions, Cooperstock has since served as juror for these competitions, in addition to the Iowa International Piano Competition, the Liszt-Garrison International Competition, China’s Giant Cup Art Talent Competition, and the Music Teachers National Association national competitions, among many others.
Dr. Cooperstock holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Cincinnati and Peabody Conservatories, where he studied with Abbey Simon, David Bar-Illan, Walter Hautzig, and Samuel Sanders. A Steinway artist, he is Program Director of the Saarburg (Germany) International Music Festival and School and Professor of Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he served as Artistic Director of the University’s Bernstein at 100 celebration. He is President-Elect of Colorado State Music Teachers Association. Dr. Cooperstock’s former students hold positions at important music schools across the U.S. and in Europe and Asia. In 2020 he received the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Award in Teaching and Pedagogy.
Andrew Cooperstock Pianist Andrew Cooperstock performs widely as soloist and chamber musician and has appeared throughout six continents and in most of the fifty states, including performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the United Nations. He has been featured in recitals and concerto appearances...
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