Recording guidelines and tips for the Steinway Society Piano Competition: We are simulating the environment and requirements of a live competition: One Recording – both pieces performed during the same video session. Tips for recording: For more information see the Competition Rules. If you should have questions please contact Christina Dietrich at christinad@steinwaysocietymass.org
New Date: May 13th, at 11am EVENT: SECRETS OF STEINWAY AND ALL THINGS PIANO Patrick will take you on a tour inside the secrets of the Steinway & Sons piano – to help you understand how your playing is translated into an audible performance. Learn how to use the piano to your advantage when performing or competing. Discover how a piano’s design, materials, and craftsmanship affects the ability to elicit nuance and deliver power. Registration details will be sent with 2023 registration confirmation. Attendance to these events will be open to the FIRST 40 REGISTRANTS on a first come first serve basis through EventBrite. ForRead More →
SSOMA 2023 EVENT: MASTER CLASS with PAVEL NERSESSIAN Please join us for a MASTER CLASS with WORLD RENOWNED PIANIST and PEDAGOGUE, PAVEL NERSESSIAN on Sunday, May 7th from 4 to 6 pm at M. STEINERT & SONS in NEWTON. SUNDAY, MAY 7 at 4 PM M. STEINERT & SONS NEWTON LOCATION The STEINWAY SOCIETY in collaboration with M. STEINERT & SONS will present two exclusive events for the 2023 STEINWAY SOCIETY COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS. Attendance to these events will be open to the FIRST 40 REGISTRANTS on a first come first serve basis through an Eventbrite link included with your registration confirmation. For more information pleaseRead More →
Lydia Reed Guertin Lydia Reed-Guertin received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees in Piano Performance from Boston University, where she studied with world renowned pianist and teacher, Anthony di Bonaventura. Imparted with lifelong artistic and technical direction, Lydia blended her passion for performing and teaching by serving on the faculties of Pine Manor College and the Concord Community Music School in New Hampshire and exclusively since 2001, maintaining a private studio in Lexington MA preparing students for recitals, auditions and competitions. Lydia has performed extensively in the area along with her sister, Elizabeth Reed, and as a duo-piano team they have recorded for the Alfred Label.Read More →
This Competition represents our commitment to pursuing superior artistic expression through piano performance! COMPETITION INFORMATION Registration is now open to New England applicants and will continue through May 15th, 2023. The deadline for video submission will be May 20th, 2023 at 11:59 pm via a separate video submission form. Once your registration is complete and payment received, we will send the video submission form via email. The Competition will consist of three divisions as follows: Preliminary Round: ALL participants will submit a video via YouTube for adjudication. Instructions on the video format and submission TBA. In 2023, we are adding two exclusive events for earlyRead More →
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE STEINWAY SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS 2022 PIANO COMPETITION It gives us great pleasure to announce this year’s WINNERS of the 2022 Steinway Society Piano Competition! Congratulations to all the participants and their teachers on all your hard work! Special THANKS to our wonderful team of judges who gave so generously of their time for this year’s Competition. Division III First Place Yixiu Lin Student of Matti Raekallio ___ Second Place Nathaniel Su Student of Niva Fried ___ Third Place Christopher Tillen Student of Erin Lindsey ___ Honorable Mention Evan Huang Student of Mila Filatova Division II First Place Adalia WenRead More →
RASA VITKAUSKAITE FANEUF Internationally acclaimed, multiple prize-winning Lithuanian pianist RASA VITKAUSKAITE FANEUF has been hailed for “artistry of poetic and observant sensitivity” (Gramophone) and dubbed as “a Beethoven interpreter of penetrating insight” (Fanfare). She is quickly establishing herself as one of the leading recording artists of her generation. Her latest CD including Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor and Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C Minor was praised as comparable to Rudolf Serkin and the New York Philharmonic. Rasa has performed in over 30 countries and was recently named the Steinway Artist. She released her debut solo CD Reflections on Ongaku Records in 2014, featuring works by Beethoven, Ravel, Guastavino and Liebermann. Fanfare highlighted theRead More →
THE 2022 FINAL ROUND OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD LIVE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 12 at M. Steinert & Sons Newton The judges would like to acknowledge and congratulate all the participants and their teachers in this year’s competition for their excellence and high level of performance. Here is the list of participants who have moved on to the Final Round of the Competition: DIVISION I 101 – Amy Ren Student of David Hovanes 102 – Kingsley Chen Student of Victor Rosenbaum 104 – Ethan Wei Student of Estelle Lin 105 – Yueqi Lao Student of Simon Xu 106 – Nicole Akhunova Student of GalinaRead More →
ISABELLA LI Isabella Li has been a faculty member of the New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School since 1997. Many of her students have won awards and competitions throughout the years, including New England Piano Teachers’ Association (NEPTA) Middle and High School Piano Competition, the Young Artist Competition in New York City, International Paderewski Piano Competition in CT, Concerto Competition at New England Conservatory of Music, MTNA Piano Competition MA and Steinway Junior Piano Competition. Isabella started Musicale in 2020, an online Musicale community that is committed to bring top-rate, insightful, and practical learning resources to both teachers and students. Musicale created a platform that enablesRead More →
Michael Karshis is a 17-year-old piano student of Tanya Schwartzman at Sharon Music Academy. He has performed in the Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage Hall as first place for the 33rd International Young Artist Competition, Puerto Rico, Kurozwęki Palace in Poland, and in Carnegie Hall. He is a Grand Prix winner of the Young Promise International Piano Competition, 6 time first-place at Bay State Competition, 3rd prize winner of the 2020 Chopin International Piano Competition, is the winner of the Outstanding Performance Ruth Fish Memorial Award from Keys Music Challenge 2021, and a first-place winner of the 2021 Steinway Competition. Ms. Tanya SwartzmanRead More →