It gives us great pleasure to announce this year’s WINNERS of the 2024 Steinway Society Piano Competition in Division III! Congratulations to all the participants and their teachers in this year’s competition for your dedication to this wonderful instrument and your high level of performance. Here is the list of participants and their place in Division III after the competition on April 27th: DIVISION III Gold Medal 301   Henry Tushman student of Dr. Sandra Hebert      311   Perry Moskowitz student of Dr. Bonnie Anderson 316   Eliot Arolovitch student of Mr. Ian Lindsey Silver Medal 304   Isabella Kong student of Ms. Jeannie Lee 307   Evan Wei studentRead More →

DIVISION III RANDALL HODGKINSON “The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall, Boston. While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.  A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, he also performsRead More →

It gives us great pleasure to announce this year’s WINNERS of the 2024 Steinway Society Piano Competition in Division II! Congratulations to all the participants and their teachers in this year’s competition for your dedication to this wonderful instrument and your high level of performance. Here is the list of participants and their place in Division II after the competition on April 20th: DIVISION II Gold Medal 211   Hanna Suzuki student of Ms. Hitomi Koyama 215   Alexander Liu student of Ms. Helena Vesterman 224   Luca Daptardar student of Dr. Nilly Shilo 225   Arden Quan student of Ms. Natalia Harlap 226   Lina Elwood student of Ms.Read More →

It gives us great pleasure to announce this year’s WINNERS of the 2024 Steinway Society Piano Competition in Division I! Congratulations to all the participants and their teachers in this year’s competition for your dedication to this wonderful instrument and your high level of performance. Here is the list of participants and their place in Division I after the competition on April 13th: DIVISION I Gold Medal 130 – Aria Zhao Student of Ms. Jia Shi Silver Medal 102 – Cadence Ma Student of Mr. Yinfei Wang 104 – Katherine Zhang Student of Ms. Tanya Schwartzman 108 – Elena Zhang Student of Ms. Iryna GendinRead More →

The 2024 competition will happen during three in-person rounds on three weekends in April. We are also introducing a new competition alternative called the Artist Evaluation Tier.  Both tiers will have an enrollment cap so that we can ensure a quality experience for all.   This year’s competition will again consist of Three Divisions. Participants in each Division will perform LIVE at M. Steinert and Sons Newton Location in April 2024. All participants must compete in the division corresponding to their age as of April 1, 2024. To allow broader participation, we are initially asking each teacher to limit their enrollment to two students per divisionRead More →