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Sandra Shapiro


Piano Teacher Beachwood, Ohio
“Compelling”, “brilliant”, “liquid sound and colors”, “great artistry”, are terms that have been used to describe pianist, Sandra Shapiro. Ms. Shapiro enjoys an active career as both performer and teacher throughout the United States and Europe. Known as a versatile performer, she appears as soloist both in recitals and with orchestras, as a recording artist and as a highly sought-after chamber musician. She has received both national and international awards with critical acclaim and recogni- tion in each of these areas. In addition to chamber music and solo performances in the United States and Europe, this upcoming season Ms. Shapiro will collaborate with Czech violinist Ivan Ženatý, in tours of Spain, Europe, United States and Asia. Highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, Prague’s Rudolfinum Chamber Music Series, and Valencia’s Palau de la Música. Summer activities include performing and teaching at the Montecito International Music Festival this summer, and MusicFest Perugia. The daughter of Russian-Israeli immigrants, she began her studies at the age of three and a half, and by age 11, was performing in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras. Because of her prodigious talent, Ms. Shapiro left home at age 15 to study at the Juilliard School upon the recommendation of her mentor, Gina Bachauer. Her teacher's and greatest musical in- flusences include Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Nadia Reisenberg, and Guido Agosti. As a member of the renowned duo-piano team of Hecht & Shapiro, Ms. Shapiro's laure- ates include winning the Munich International Duo Piano Competition, the Ellis National Duo Piano Competition, and top prizes in the Dranoff International Two Piano Competi- tion, and the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition. Ms. Shapiro's performances have taken her throughout most major cities in the United States and Europe. She has been featured in radio and television productions for RIAS Berlin; Sudwestfunk Radio Production, PBS; WQXR, NPR McGrawHill Young Artist Show- case, Australian Broadcasting Commission and NPR. As a soloist, orchestral appearances include the Chicago Symphony, New York Philhar- monic, Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Stuttgart Symphony, Bavarian Ra- dio Symphony, Belgrade String Orchestra, Brevard Festival Orchestra, Florida Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Everett Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, as well as Cleveland Orchestra appearances at both Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Festival. The laureate of many National and International Competitions, awards and prizes include First Prizes in the Young Musician's Foundation National Debut Competition, and The World Piano Competition, as well as a laureate in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition. Other recognitions include the “Outstanding Chamber Musician Award” from the University of Southern California, and the “Young Maestro Award” from the Peabody Institute of Music. Her great love for chamber music has led to collaborations with Truls Mork, Peter Rejto, Stanley Drucker, Mats Lidstrom, Franklin Cohen, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Joan Kwuon, and members of the New York Philharmonic on the New York Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Series. Recordings include "Sentimiento" on the Azica label as well as a collaboration with the principal wind players of the New York Philharmonic in an album entitled "The Complete Music of Robert Schumann for Winds and Piano". Her latest project includes a newly re- leased recording of the Strauss Sonata and Martinu Violin Sonata # 3 with Czech violinist, Ivan Zenaty on the Azica label. An experienced and recognized teacher, Ms. Shapiro is highly sought-after for master classes, symposiums, faculty and student evaluations, and adjudication both nationally and internationally. Her students have garnered awards and top prizes in numerous com- petitions, as well as securing positions in highly-regarded schools and universities. Ms. Shapiro is a member of the Piano and Chamber Music faculty at the Cleveland Insti- tute of Music, Visiting Chamber Music Teaching Artist at the Oberlin Conservatory of Mu- sic, and an alumni teaching artist for The Juilliard-Nord Anglia Global Partnership Program. Ms. Shapiro is a Steinway Artist.


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Phone:  4404633344Email:  sndshapiro@aol.com
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