Artist Faculty member in Piano Studies Adam Tendler ("currently the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene," Minneapolis Star Tribune) has been awarded the 2022 Yvar Mikhashoff Prize, bestowed yearly to recognize "excellence in the support of works by living composers through performances, programming, recordings and commissions." A champion of 20th- and 21st-century music, Tendler will perform works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Morton Feldman at NYU on February 5, 2023.