MAGDALENA BACZEWSKA:  Faculty Montclair State Univ - Studies w/ J. Rose/Mannes College; C. Keene/DMA Manhattan School of Music – Kosciuszko & MacKenzie Awards – Concerts US & Europe

ALEXANDER BERIDZE: Gold Medalist 2009 World Piano Competition and Jacob Flier Competition 2004 – Founder/Artistic Dir. New York Piano Festival since 2009 – Studies: Mannes w/Feltsman

ASAF BLASBERG:  Studies: J. Rose/Mannes; J. Lowenthal/Juilliard; Concerts – Last Three Sonatas of Schubert; Complete Sonatas of Schumann; Complete Sonatas of Brahms; All Liszt Program

ALEXANDER BRAGINSKY: Faculty Univ. of Minnesota - Founding Pres./Artistic Dir. Int. Piano e-Competition - Moscow Cons.; Studies w/Goldenweiser - Tours: former USSR, Israel, Europe, China, USA

NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO: Performances/recitals with major orchestras and venues worldwide – Studies: Moscow Cons. w/Bashkirov - Gramophone, ClassicCD, MIDEM 2010 awards - Hyperion, AGPL, Onyx

DAVID DUBAL: Faculty Juilliard – pianist, teacher, writer, lecturer – Broadcaster/The Piano Matters/WWFM; Reflections from the Keyboard - DVD/Golden Age of the Piano - Books/Essential Canon, The Art of the Piano

AKIKO EBI: Prizes Chopin, M. Long - Two Gold Discs - Concerts worldwide – Duo piano w/ M. Argerich - Perf. Gewandhaus, Colon, Suntory - Edited Ravel solo piano works - Dir. Yokohama Piano Festival

MASSIMILIANO FERRATI: Prizes: Rubinstein, Busoni – Studies: S.Cecilia Rome w/Perticaroli; Badura-Skoda – Soloist: Israel Phil., Calgary Phil., Moscow Sym. – Teaching: Rome, Ravenna, Rodi – Brilliant Classics

ALON GOLDSTEIN: Perf. Phila. Orch., San Francisco, Baltimore, Dallas, St. Louis, Radio France, London Phil.; LA & Israel Phil. w/Mehta, Blomstedt, de Burgos, Jurowski – Student & asst. w/Fleisher - Perf. Carnegie

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN:  Performances and recitals with major orchestras and venues worldwide – Nine Grammy award nominations: Exclusive recording artist Hyperion Records

CYPRIEN KATSARIS:  Grand Prix du Disque Liszt  1984/89, Chopin 1985 - Perf. w/orchestra:  Berlin, Philadelphia, Cleveland - Conductors: Bernstein, Dutoit, Rattle - Recordings: RCA, Sony, Teldec, PIANO 21

ALEXANDER KOBRIN: Faculty Schwob School of Music, Georgia - Gold Medal Van Cliburn/Busoni; Prizes Hamamatsu & Chopin – Moscow Cons./Naumov - NY Phil., Moscow State - Harmonia Mundi, Quartz Music

DENIS KOZHUKHIN: First Prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition 2010, winner 2009 Vendome Prize, studies w/Bashkirov, Gerstein; Concerts: Carnegie Hall, Gewandhaus, Concertgebouw -  tours of Japan and Brazil

EMANUEL KRASOVSKY:  Faculty Tel Aviv Univ. – Studies at Juilliard – Perf. Israel Phil./Bernstein – Dir. Tel Hai Piano Masterclass – Juries: Rubinstein, Leeds – Classes:  Juilliard, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Finland

HAE-JEON LEE: Faculty Sookmyung Women’s Univ. - Studies with Shure, Pollack at New England Cons. and USC - Perf:  Sydney, London, Oxford, Amsterdam Concertgebouw - Complete cycle Beethoven Sonatas

JINSANG LEE:  First Prize Géza Anda Piano Competition 2009 in Zurich - Studies with Daijin Kim in Korea and Pavel Gililov in Cologne and Salzburg - Concerts in Europe and Asia including at Berlin Philharmonie

NINA LELCHUK: Faculty Queens College – Prizes: Chopin, M. Long, Cliburn competitions - Orch:

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Moscow, Leningrad – Classes at Toho, Holland, Univ. of Michigan - Telarc & EMS

GABRIELE LEPORATTI:  Studies w/Achucarro, Bidini, Rose, Tipo - Wigmore Hall, Herford Phil., NDR Hannover - Festival w/soloists from Concertgebouw, Radio Phil., Rotterdam Sym. - Masterclasses USA, China

DMITRI LEVKOVICH: Prizes: China, Cleveland, Hilton Head, Iturbi, Bachauer, Vendôme, World - Studies: Curtis for composition; Cleveland Inst. w/Babayan - Perf. Cleveland Orch., Carnegie Hall, Gulbenkian Orch.

GESA LUECKER:  Studies in Hannover w/Dörrie, Raekallio; Lessons w/Vardi, Bidini, Rose; Perf. in NDR Hannover, Wigmore Hall, NYC (Weill); Masterclasses Germany, China - Prof. of Piano in Cologne, Germany

STEVEN MAYER: Ives, Tatum & Liszt for Naxos – Grand Prix du Disque Liszt - Prof., Univ. of Denver – Perf. w/Gewandhaus, San Francisco, London Symphony – Conductors: Conlon, Slatkin

DUDANA MAZMANISHVILI: Prize Winner Busoni, Everding Prize, MacKenzie Prize - Studies: Virsaladze in Munich, Rose in NYC - Perf. Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Paris, Moscow, New York - OEHMS Classics

QUYNH NGUYEN: Faculty/Dir. of Chamber Music/Hunter College – Studies: J. Rose/Mannes; Davidovich/Juilliard; Y.L. Messiaen/Fulbright, France; Canin/ DMA CUNY – Concerts: US, Europe, Asia– Laureate IKIF 

MICHAEL OELBAUM: Faculty Mannes - Teaching Oxford, Sibelius Acad., Juilliard - Reisenberg/Mannes; Serkin/Marlboro – NJ, Nashville, San Jose Sym., Vienna Cham. Orch. – Diabelli Variations/Bridge Records

HAESUN PAIK:  Faculty Hartt School – Dir. Busan Music Festival - Gold Medal Kapell, Silver Queen Elisabeth  – Graduate New England Cons. - Soloist: Boston & London Sym., Munich Phil. – EMI, Bridge

DARIA RABOTKINA: 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition winner - Studies: Mannes w/ Feltsman, Eastman School of Music – Perf. in Europe, Asia, and the US including Weill Recital Hall in NYC

PAUL ROBERTS: Books: Images (Debussy); Reflections (Ravel); Debussy (Biography) - cds/dvds Debussy Preludes, Estampes, Images – Prof. Guildhall – Dir/Music at Ambialet, France - lecture-recitals US & Europe

JEROME ROSE:  Founder/Dir. IKIF - Faculty Mannes College, Mozarteum Salzburg - Gold Medal Busoni -  Berlin Phil.; Chicago Sym./Solti; Sawallisch/Vienna – Recordings Medici Classics – Liszt Grand Prix du Disque

VICTOR ROSENBAUM: Faculty New England Cons., Mannes - Former Dir. & Pres. Longy School - Studies Lhevinne, Shure – Tanglewood - Recitals/classes: Russia, Japan, China, Israel, Europe - Bridge/Fleur de Son

JOSÉ RAMOS SANTANA: Faculty Catholic Univ. - Juilliard grad - Bachauer prizewinner – Studies: Marcus, Fleisher - NY Phil., Detroit Sym. - Tours Japan & China - Recording: Fleur de Son /Royal Phil. Orch

ALEXANDER SCHIMPF: First Prize 2011 Cleveland International and 2009 Beethoven Vienna. Concerts in U.S. (Carnegie), Europe, South America. Performed with Cleveland Orch., Vienna Chamber, Mariinsky Orch.

YUAN SHENG: Faculty Central Conservatory, Beijing; 5 All-Bach Recital Series at Forbidden City Concert Hall 2009/10 Season; Graduate Manhattan School of Music/Mikowsky; private studies with Rosalyn Tureck

BORIS SLUTSKY: Piano Department Chair, Peabody Conservatory - Performances, Festivals, Masterclasses throughout the US, Europe and Asia – Prizes: Kapell, Busoni, Bach (Glen Gould), San Antonio Competitions.

YEOL EUM SON: Second prize Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Perf: NY Phil, Israel Phil, Czech Phil, Warsaw Phil, NHK Sym., Russian National, Mariinsky Orchestra - Hannover Musikhochschule /Arie Vardi

MYKOLA SUK: Faculty Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas – Gold Medal Liszt-Bartok Comp. – Studies Moscow Cons./Lev Vlasenko – Worldwide tours – Ferencsik, Pletnev, Jansons, Bruck - TNC – Melodiya; Music & Arts

JEFFREY SWANN: Perf. With Santa Cecilia, Radio France, London & Czech Phil - Macal, Chailly, Chung, Salonen - Worldwide lecture/recitals - Music Director, Dino Ciani Festival, Italy - NYU faculty

GEORGY TCHAIDZE: First Laureate Calgary Honens Competition – Studies: Moscow Conserv. w/Dorensky – National Arts Centre Orch. w/Zukerman – Festivals:  Holland Music, Verbier – Perf. Wigmore, Zankel

ANASTASYA TERENKOVA: Prize winner World Piano Competition, MacKenzie Award - Studies: Paris Cons. w/Rouvier - Perf. Champs Elysees Theatre, Aud. Louvre, Madrid, Seoul, Montreal, Leipzig, South Africa.

ILYA YAKUSHEV: 1^st prize World Piano Competition 2005 – Studies: Mannes w/Feltsman - San Francisco Sym/M.T. Thomas, Arkansas, Las Vegas Sym. - Perf. New York, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Seoul

JINGGE YAN: First Prize International Telekom Beethoven Competition Germany 2011, Gulangyu Competition – Studies: Oberlin with Peter Takacs; University Mozarteum Salzburg with Pavel Gililov

EDUARD ZILBERKANT:  Faculty Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks – Prizewinner Santander - Music Dir. & Conductor Fairbanks Sym.– Studies/Rose, Margulis, Fleisher – Atlanta Sym/Shaw – Recitals: Phila., Warsaw  

ASAF ZOHAR: Faculty Tel-Aviv Univ., Jerusalem Academy - former chair  - Studies: Indiana w/Vardi, Pressler - Performances: Israel Phil, Jerusalem Sym. - Mehta, Bertini, Rodan - Prizes: Casadesus, Vienna, Sydney 

ERIC ZUBER: Prizes: Rubinstein, Cleveland, Seoul, Sydney, Minnesota, Hilton Head – Perf. with Cleveland Orch., Israel Phil., Baltimore Sym. – Studies: Juilliard/ McDonald; Curtis/ Fleisher, Frank; Peabody/ Slutsky.