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Masterclass: Spencer Myer
Gold Medalist of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition, SPENCER MYER has been soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Cape Town and Johannesburg Philharmonics, and Beijings China National Symphony Orchestra. His 2005 recital/orchestral tour of South Africa included a performance of the five piano concerti of Beethoven with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa. In December 2014 he made his second solo recital appearance at Londons Wigmore Hall.
In 2004, he captured First Prize in the 10th UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, and won the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association. He was a member of Astral Artists performance roster from 2003 to 2010. An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Jupiter and Pacifica string quartets, the Dorian Wind Quintet, cellists Lynn Harrell and Ralph Kirshbaum, and clarinetist David Shifrin. His growing reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition has lead to partnerships with Cardiff Singer of the World winner Nicole Cabell and Wigmore Hall Song Competition winner Martha Guth, among others.
Spencer Myer is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University, and is currently a member of the Piano and Collaborative Piano faculty of Bostons Longy School of Music of Bard College. His two latest CDs Piano Rags of William Bolcom and the two Brahms Cello Sonatas with Brian Thornton were released in 2017 on the Steinway & Sons label.
Spencer Myer is a Steinway Artist.
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LocationWestminster Hall (View)
1200 South Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
United States
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