Gina Bachauer was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe. Interested in piano at a young age, Bachauer graduated from the Athens Conservatory and studied under Alfred Cortot and Sergei Rachmaninoff. She is best known for playing Romantic piano concertos. She played hundreds of concerts for the Allied troops in the Middle East during World War II while she lived in Egypt. She spent a lot of time touring the United States and Europe, giving over 100 concerts each year. Bachauer also recorded extensively, both as a soloist and with orchestras. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah. During her career she was called the "queen of pianists". The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation was named in honor of her contributions to the musical world. In her personal life, Bachauer married music conductor Alec Sherman, who became her manager. She died at the age of 63 at the Athens Festival.
Colleen Lee Ka-ling is a Hong Kong pianist who won the 6th place prize in the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005.
Alec Chien is a pianist from Hong Kong.
Xiang-Dong Kong is a Chinese pianist. He was one of the young musicians featured in From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China.
Stephen Beus is an American pianist.
Aristo Sham is a pianist born in Hong Kong. He has won numerous prizes and awards in Hong Kong and overseas, and has performed in several countries. He has been featured in the Channel 4 programme, The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies.
The Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is best known for its Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the second largest piano competition in the United States. The Foundation also hosts regular piano competitions, concerts, and festivals on a four-year cycle.
Douglas Humpherys is an American pianist, educator, and adjudicator.
Duane Hulbert is a Grammy-nominated American pianist.
Lori Sims is an American pianist.
Steven Lewis Graff is a pianist and teacher of music in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Lukas Geniušas is a Russian-Lithuanian pianist. Geniušas began to study piano at the age of five, and in 1996 he entered the Moscow Frederic Chopin College of Music Performing.
Serhiy Salov is a Canadian pianist of Ukrainian origin. Born in Donetsk, Ukraine, Salov won First Prize in the piano category of the 2004 Montreal International Musical Competition and Second Prize in the 2010 Gina Bachauer International Artists Competition, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In May 2014 he returned to the Montreal International Musical Competition to win the first Richard Lupien Improvisation Prize.
Massimiliano Frani was an Italian pianist, composer and music pedagogue. He founded the project MET – Music Education Therapy and was director of the Armoniæ Centro Internazionale di Musica e Cultura. He also worked as a musical art teacher at Elevations RTC, a residential treatment center in Syracuse, Utah, and lived in the state.
Ory Shihor is an Israeli-American pianist, pedagogue, and co-founder of the California based Ory Shihor Institute. Shihor performs, lectures, holds masterclasses and serves on the juries of international piano competitions.
Alessandro Deljavan is an Italian classical pianist.
Sean Botkin is an American pianist and music professor.
Violetta Egorova is a Russian concert pianist.
Tony Yike Yang is a Canadian-Chinese pianist.
Paul Cannon Pollei was an American pianist and member of the piano faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU). Pollei retired as a faculty member at BYU in 2001. During his time at BYU, he co-founded the American Piano Quartet, which remains active after his death. He was an international ambassador for piano music, as well as a frequent lecturer and teacher. He founded the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation in 1976, serving as director until 2013. The foundation sponsors many competitions and festivals. Pollei was also active on many advisory boards and a member of many organizations, including the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). He was given an award in 2002 for his work in the arts. Pollei wrote about piano pedagogy and instruction for various professional journals in the United States and authored two books on the subject.
