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CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS and their TEACHERS! THE WINNERS CONCERT is on SUNDAY, JUNE 7 at 7 PM at the ALLEN CENTER, 35 Webster Street, Newton, MA. THIS CONCERT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! ALL ARE INVITED! Division I – WINNERS 1st Gold – 103 Elon Du-Chang student of Jeanie Lee 2nd Silver – 104 Brooke Zhang student of Tanya Schwartzman 3rd Bronze – 105 Harvey Wang student of Kanako Nishikawa HM – 101 Freddie Luo student of Mila Filatova HM – 102 Isabelle Ziv student of Ranko Konishi Houston

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JULIA ZHOU Julia Zhou is a senior at Acton Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and is an incoming freshman at Harvard University. She began playing piano at age 5. She currently studies with Dr. Christina Dietrich at Groton Hill Music School and has studied with Ms. Niva Fried and Mr. Ronald Kmiec in the past. She also began playing violin at age 4 and now studies with Xue Chen. Julia is a five-time 1st prize winner of the MMTA Bay State competition, four-time 1st prize winner of the Sally Chapin competition, and 1st prize recipient of the Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition. SheRead More →

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JUDGES FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 2026 COMPETITION MAX LEVINSON Pianist Max Levinson is known as an intelligent and sensitive artist with a fearless  technique. His international career was launched when he won First Prize at the Dublin  International Piano Competition. He is also recipient of other prestigious prizes including  the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Award. He has performed as soloist  with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San  Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Oregon  Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Colorado Symphony, New World Symphony, Utah  Symphony, Boston Pops, and National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, andRead More →

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THE WINNERS CONCERT is on SUNDAY, JUNE 7 at 7 PM at the ALLEN CENTER, 35 Webster Street, Newton, MA. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! ALL ARE INVITED!! CONGRATULATIONS to the FINALISTS and their TEACHERS! The FINAL ROUND of the Competition will be held on Saturday, June 6 in Concert Format. SCHEDULE FOR FINAL ROUND TBA. Division I 102  Brooke Zhang student of Tanya Schwartzman 103  Isabelle Ziv student of Ranko Konishi-Houston 104  Harvey Wang student of Kanako Nishikawa 106 Elon Du-Chang student of Jeanie Lee 108 Freddie Luo student of Mila Filatova Division II 202 Julian Tushman student of Sandra Hebert 206 Alexander Mikhailov studentRead More →

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CONGRATULATIONS to the SEMI-FINALISTS and their TEACHERS! The SEMI-FINAL ROUND will be held on SUNDAY, MAY 31ST! Division I 105  Brooke Zhang student of Tanya Schwartzman 106  Harvey Wang student of Kanako Nishikawa 108  Elon Du-Chang student of Jeanie Lee 109  Freddie Luo student of Mila Filatova 110  Alex Dyatlov student of Irina Baghdasaryan 111  Evelyn Wei student of Sandra Hebert 113  Mackenzie Elias-Zhang student of Yuna Lee 116  Rachel Ma student of Ana Popa 117  Isabelle Ziv student of Ranko Konishi-Houston 118  Priscilla Jia student of Anran Qian Division II 201 Julian Tushman student of Sandra Hebert 204 Frank Dai student of Yinfei WangRead More →

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YOU told us …and WE listened… THANKS to popular demand the 2026 Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition has been moved to later this Spring. The 2026 SSOMA Piano Competition will now be held during four in-person events on several weekends in May and June. The Preliminary Round scheduled for the weekends of May 2, 3 and 9, the Semifinal Round on the weekend of May 30 and 31, and the Final Round on Saturday, June 6 will all be held at M. Steinert & Sons’ Waltham location. The Winners Concert scheduled for June 7, 2026 will be held at the Allen Center in Newton.Read More →

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Please note: registration for the 2026 Steinway Society Piano Competition is now closed. This Competition represents our commitment to pursuing superior artistic expression through piano performance! COMPETITION INFORMATION – NEW DATES The 2026 Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition will be held during four in-person events on several weekends in the Spring. The Preliminary Round scheduled for the weekends of May 2, 3 and 9, the Semifinal Round the weekend of May 30 and 31, and the Final Round on Saturday, June 6 will all be held at M. Steinert & Sons’ Waltham location. The Winners Concert scheduled on June 7, 2026 will be heldRead More →

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The 2025 Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Auditions will be held during three in-person events on three weekends in March and April. (For each division there will be an enrollment cap so that we can ensure a quality experience for all.) All participants should participate in the division corresponding to their age by April 1, 2025. The dates for the 2025 Steinway Piano Auditions are: This year’s event will consist of Three Divisions. Participants in each Division will perform LIVE at M. Steinert and Sons Newton Location. All participants should participate in the division corresponding to their age as of April 1, 2025. Upon completionRead More →

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Registration for the 2025 Steinway Society of Massachusetts Auditions has now closed. We appreciate your interest and enthusiasm and look forward to hearing the performances of our talented young pianists. Thank you for your continued support as we nurture and celebrate the next generation of musicians! For inquiries, please contact christinad@steinwaysocietymass.org.

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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 →