Upcoming recital :

Dr. Steven Spooner
Friday, October 24, 2008, 7:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue
1717 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue 98004

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Steven Spooner has performed around the world and is quickly becoming one of the more noted American pianists of his generation. He has performed solo recitals at prestigious venues such as the Salle Cortot in Paris, Holland's Vredenburg Centre, Budapest's Great Hall of the Liszt Academy, Geneva's Fête de la Musique and numerous halls across Europe, Latin America, South America, and the United States. Dr. Spooner's orchestral engagements include recent performances with the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin during their 2005 tour of North America. Last year he made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in a tour sponsored by the Hungarian Government and this season will perform in Chicago, Washington D.C., Vienna, Budapest, Italy, Poland, and Taiwan.

Steven is a prizewinner at each of the seven international piano competitions he has entered and top prize winner at both the Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the Artlivre Chopin/Liszt International Piano Competition. He was awarded First Prize and recipient of the Niekamp Career Grant as most outstanding pianist in French music at the Paris Conservatory and selected by the American Pianists Association to represent the United States at major international piano competitions. He is an active chamber collaborator and has performed with some of the brightest instrumental stars of today including Silk Road Bassist Daxun Zhang, Philadelphia Orchestra Trombonist, M. Dee Stewart, and prize-winning violinist Leor Maltinsky.

Dr. Spooner has released three solo recordings on the EMR Classics Label and has studied at Loyola University, Paris Conservatory, Moscow and Tbilisi Conservatories in the former Soviet Union, and earned his doctorate at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has served as guest artist-in-residence at Paris Conservatory Summer Sessions and has been appointed to the Artist Faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy and the International Summer Music Festival of Poland. Steven currently serves on the piano faculty at the University of Kansas and specializes in workshops and lectures on a variety of performance and pedagogical topics. A dedicated and caring teacher, Steven's students have already been named winners of several prizes at national and international piano competitions. Steven is a Steinway Artist.