EDWARD WOLANIN, POLAND
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.jpg) Edward Wolanin began his piano studies with Urszula Hop when he was 5 years old. He graduated from the secondary music school in Rzeszów (Krystyna Matheis-Domaszowska’s class). As the youngest student in the history of the Academy he began to study at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw when he was 15. He studied with Professor Jan Ekier, Professor Bronisława Kawalla and Professor Marchwiński (in his chamber music class). Following his graduation he continued his studies with Professor Jan Ekier as a post-graduate student.
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SERGEY SCHEPKIN, USA
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Sergey Schepkin, internationally renowned pianist and associate professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, was recently honored with a special accolade. Named to the exclusive list of Steinway Artists maintained by the legendary piano maker, he joins such notables as Sergey Rachmaninoff and Arthur Rubinstein. Schepkin began his musical studies as a small child in St. Petersburg, Russia, and was quickly accepted into a highly competitive school for gifted young musicians. He went on to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the New England Conservatory in Boston. He joined the Carnegie Mellon faculty in 2003.
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NANCY WEEMS, USA
As a concert pianist, Nancy Weems has performed extensively in the United States and in Europe, Asia, Mexico, Central America, and the former Soviet Union. Selected as a United States Artistic Ambassador, Ms. Weems represented the United States in three international concert tours, and presented a solo debut recital at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She has appeared as guest artist with numerous orchestras, and has given master classes in conservatories in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the West Indies.
DR. BARUCH MEIR, USA/ ISRAEL
Baruch Meir is an exceptional artist, he did a beautiful performance of my piano work entitled A LITTLE SUITE FOR CHRISTMASS which was distinguished by a deep musical insights and consummate technical skill. It was certainly one of the very finest performances this work of mine has ever received" (George Crumb, composer; 1968 Pulitzer Prize in Music; 2001 Grammy award; 2004 Musical America "composer of the year"). Pianist Baruch Meir has performed extensively in Austria, China, England, France, Israel, Portugal, Serbia and throughout the United States.
DR. JAY HERSHBERGER, USA
Pianist Jay Hershberger has played throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. His domestic performances include the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Library of Congress. He has also been frequent guest artist at the Great Romantics Music Festival in Canada. In years past he performed in Europe, including the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in southern Italy and the South Bohemia Music Festival in the Czech Republic. Recent tours have included major cities in China, and at music festivals in Scotland and Italy.