2017 Southeastern Piano Festival Guest Artists

The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo has appeared on NPR and MTV, recorded Billboard chart-topping albums, toured worldwide as recitalists and orchestral soloists, and released Emmy-nominated, self-produced music videos viewed by millions…

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Frederic Chiu's intriguing piano-playing and teaching springs from a diverse set of experiences and interests: his Asian/American/European background, his musical training, and an early and ongoing exploration of artificial intelligence and human psychology, especially the body-mind-heart connection…

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As the winner of the Harrison Winter at the Peabody Institute, Dr. García was selected to perform with the Peabody Concert Orchestra. He was also a top prizewinner at the Yale Gordon Piano Competition and the Russell Wonderlic Piano Competition…

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Winner of the 2013 Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Kholodenko has begun to forge an international career throughout Europe, Asia and North America to great critical acclaim…

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Consistently acclaimed for his exquisite tonal beauty and superb artistry, Boris Slutsky emerged on the international music scene when he captured the First Prize along with every major prize, including the Audience Prize and Wihelm Backhaus Award…

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Winner of three major prizes in the 1966 Van Cliburn International Competition (silver medal, Pan American Union and chamber music), Barry Snyder has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America performing and teaching…

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The name Ilana Vered is synonymous with vibrant piano virtuosity since the earliest days of this compelling artist's career. "Shattering," "magnificent," "dazzling," "splendid" are words critics have used the world over to describe Ilana Vered on the concert stage…

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Now entering her six year as the second pianist for the Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition concerto performances, Inara Zandmane was born in the capital of Latvia, Riga and started playing the piano at the age of six. Ms. Zandmane holds...

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Festival Featured Alumni:


A 2013 National YoungArts Foundation Silver Award Winner and 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, she was recently selected as the winner of the 2016 Music Academy of the West Piano Concerto Competition…

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A native of Los Osos, California, Zachary Hughes has been hailed as a pianist who “has done all the right things to polish his technique, explore what depth of phrasing means and keep his ears alert to fine ensemble” (The Columbia Free Times).

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Chaeyoung Park received first prizes from the American Protégé International Competition, the Fite Family Young Artists Competition, Missouri Western Young Artist Piano Competition, Kansas State and West Central Division in MTNA Junior Piano…

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Maria Parrini, 19, began her piano studies at the age of three with her parents, Sherry and Fabio Parrini, and is now a third-year undergraduate student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi and Paul Schenly at the Cleveland Institute of Music…

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Susan co-founded The Concert Truck, an award-winning mobile concert hall that brings live classical piano concerts to diverse populations for free. The Concert Truck has been featured on South Carolina Public Radio and SCETV’s Carolina Money.

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