Thomas Duis (born 1958, in Frankfurt) is a German pianist.
Duis studied with Kurt Gerecke in Wiesbaden, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and Fanny Waterman in Leeds.
He was the top-ranking pianist at the 1986 Artur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (he was awarded the 2nd prize, the 1st being declared void), and was awarded 2nd prize at the 1986 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and 3rd prizes at the 1985 Sydney Competition and the 1987 ARD Competition in Munich. Duis had his discographical debut for EMI, and has performed internationally since.
He was the rector of the Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater until 2012, and is a musical ambassador for the Goethe-Institut.
Arthur Rubinstein KBE OMRI was a Polish-American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of the greatest Chopin interpreters of his time. He played in public for eight decades. His repertoire also included the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and more.
Arie Vardi is a classical pianist, conductor, and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017.
Konstantin Alekseyevich Soukhovetski was born into a family of artists, and began playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Moscow Central School under the auspices of the Moscow Conservatory, where his special subjects also included composition and acting. He then studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, gaining his bachelor's degree in 2003 with the Anton Rubinstein Prize as an outstanding pianist. He received his Master's degree from Juilliard in 2005 with the support of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, and is in the Artist's diploma program at Juilliard, studying with Jerome Lowenthal. He was named winner of the William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award for 2006. His NYC debut recital was on April 20, 2006 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
Kevin Kenner is an American concert pianist.
Emanuel "Manny"Ax is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is known for his chamber music collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Isaac Stern and Young Uck Kim, as well as his piano recitals and performances with major orchestras in the world.
Joseph Murray Banowetz was an American pianist, pedagogue, author, and editor, who taught at the University of North Texas. Banowetz was an expert on the music of the Russian romantic composer Anton Rubinstein.
Boris Leonidovich Giltburg is an Israeli classical pianist, born in the Soviet Union.
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.
Ran Dank is an American-Israeli classical pianist, who currently lives in New York and teaches at the Eastman School of Music.
Benjamin Yusupov is a classical composer, conductor and pianist.
Ilya Itin is a Russian concert pianist residing in New York City.
Szczepan Kończal is a Polish classical pianist who has won prizes in many international music competitions held in more than a dozen different countries.
Berenika Glixman is an Israeli classical pianist. She has won several awards, including First Prize at the Young Artist Competition held by Israeli Radio and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (2009), First Prize at the Fort Worth International Young Pianists Competition, First Prize at the Michelstadt Competition, The Best Israeli Competitor Prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition, The Pnina Zaltsman Award at the Tel Hai International Master Classes (2010), as well as Third Prize, Audience Favorite Prize, and an award for best performance of a 21st-century piece at the Serbia International Piano Competition Isidor Bajic (2006).
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.
Panayis Lyras, earlier known as Panaghis Lykiardopoulos or Panayis Lykiardopoulos, is an American classical pianist.
Leonardo Colafelice is an Italian pianist.
Tony Yike Yang is a Canadian-Chinese pianist.
Chi Ho Han is a South Korean pianist.
Cédric Tiberghien is a French classical pianist.
Steven Lin is a Taiwanese American classical pianist. Described by the New York Times for playing that is “...immaculately voiced and enhanced by admirable subtleties of shading and dynamics.” Lin has been awarded in several international piano competitions including the top prize winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2014, 3rd prize at the 2012 William Kapell International Competition, the 1st prize at the 2012 Juilliard School’s Gina Bachauer Piano Scholarship Competition and the International Tang Dynasty Piano Competition in New York in 2008. He performed with such orchestras as Kansas City Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Costa Rica National Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Baltimore Symphony.