Cliburn gold medalist Yekwon Sunwoo will open the third annual Skyline Piano Artist Series.
Continue reading on The Daily NorthwesternMaria João Pires awarded 2023 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize
May 26, 2023
The Bienen School of Music has awarded Maria João Pires the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.
Christopher Guzman appointed Professor of Piano
May 12, 2023
Pianist Christopher Guzman has been appointed Professor of Piano in the Bienen School of Music, effective September 1, 2023.
Bienen pianist selected for Ensemble Connect
April 24, 2023
Chelsea Wang, a doctoral piano student at the Bienen School of Music, has been chosen as a member of the prestigious Ensemble Connect.
Two Bienen students awarded 2023 Luminarts Fellowships
March 29, 2023
Master’s horn student Momoko Hasselbring Seko and doctoral piano student Wenting Shi have been named 2023 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Alumna Phyllis Chen awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
April 12, 2022
Bienen School of Music alumna Phyllis Chen ’00 MMus has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.
Two Bienen students awarded 2022 Luminarts Fellowships
March 18, 2022
Doctoral students Joseph Connor ’19 MMus (saxophone) and Qi Kong (piano) have been named 2022 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Frances Larimer (1929-2021)
October 26, 2021
Frances Larimer ’52, ’54 MMus, professor emerita, died October 21 in Evanston at age 92.
Alumni Spotlight: Ralph Votapek
December 4, 2020
Pianist Ralph Votapek ‘60 won the prestigious Naumburg Award and the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Learn more in this Alumni Spotlight feature.
An Uncertain Future
October 29, 2020
In order to avoid being deported to Korea, in the midst of a pandemic, EunAe Lee ’19 DMA must convince Immigration and Naturalization Service officials that her unique gifts at the piano are an asset to the music community here in the U.S.
DMA piano student Nansong Huang receives Luminarts Fellowship
April 5, 2019
Doctoral piano student Nansong Huang was named a 2019 Luminarts Fellow in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.