Sasha Starcevich - 1990 Award Winner 

Pianist Sasha Starcevich is currently enjoying a rewarding career as an international performer
and teacher with his engaging performances and passionate teaching, both at home and around
the globe.

As a recitalist, he has appeared in many renowned venues such as New York’s Carnegie Recital
Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, and in London’s Wigmore Hall. His debut recital there was
met with critical acclaim, and a review in the Musical Opinion stated: “The repertoire was
brilliantly conceived; a thoroughly enjoyable recital at every level”. He has continued to thrill
audiences with Concerto appearances, chamber, and solo recitals throughout North America,
Europe and Asia. The past two decades have seen Starcevich tour Russia with the Samara
Philharmonic Orchestra, appear at the Holders Season, Barbados and the Henley Festival in
England, and release several solo and Concerto recordings in the United States and England.
His principal teachers have included Ilana Vered, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Boris Berman,
Jane Allen and Donna Fishwick. His Doctoral and post-graduate degrees are from Yale University, and his undergraduate degree is from the Saint Louis Conservatory. In addition, Starcevich has worked with Dimitri Bashkirov at the Gnessin School in Moscow, and also with many other world renowned artists.

He has been affiliate professor of piano at the State University of New York-Purchase, and Department Chair of Music and professor of piano at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts. He has maintained highly successful private studios in New York City, New Canaan, Connecticut, and Vancouver, Canada. Currently, Starcevich has an extremely active and internationally recognized private studio in Bellevue, Washington, and gives masterclasses around the world.

Additional appointments include serving on juries for international competitions in North America, and faculty appointments to some of the more noted festivals in the United States and Canada. Recently, he has given several highly successful lectures, master classes and public
teaching sessions in Asia, at the 2018 Taipei International Piano Masters Festival, the 2018 Southeastern Music Festival, the John Perry Academy, the Minnesota e piano music festival, and most recently a visit for Master classes and private lessons in conjunction with the Shanghai Conservatory in China.

His students have established themselves as grand prize winners in national and international piano competitions such as the Gina Bachauer International, Cooper International, Young Concert Artists International, Piano E Competition, Yamaha and Bosendorfer International, in addition to many others. These students have gone on to pursue serious study at the world’s most renowned musical institutions, such as the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute, the Peabody Conservatory, the Yale School of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music in England, to name a few.