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Piano Studies

Prepare for your career as a professional musician with instruction in performance practices from four centuries of keyboard repertoire. In Steinhardt’s unparalleled performing and recording facilities, you’ll work with renowned artists representing diverse traditions of pedagogy and performance, developing your personal artistry and acquiring the skills required to succeed after graduation.

Bachelor of Music
Piano Studies

Explore rich liberal arts offerings as part of your professional musical training. Traditional coursework and innovative electives prepare you to navigate today’s musical landscape.

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Master of Music
Piano Performance: Solo Piano

Hone your technique and knowledge of the repertoire, mentoring with world-renowned artists and taking advantage of unique performance opportunities.

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Master of Music
Piano Performance: Collaborative Piano
Vocal/Instrumental

Learn to be a Music Director: Mentor with professionals, perform in musical theatre productions and the Broadway Orchestra, and collaborate with colleagues in Vocal Performance.

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Master of Music / Advanced Certificate
Piano Performance / Piano Performance and Pedagogy

Prepare for a career in academia as well as the concert hall, with coursework in performance practice and music education as well as professional mentorship.

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Advanced Certificate
Piano Performance and Pedagogy

Designed for mature artists seeking to move to advance their careers, this program provides enrichment and exposure for pianists at the pre- and post-doctoral levels.

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Doctor of Musical Arts
Music Performance

Prepare for a lifelong career in music as a collegiate educator or top level performer in the Steinhardt DMA program.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Music Performance and Composition: Performers

Conduct cutting-edge research, perform on stage at NYU and throughout New York City, and study with world-renowned artists.

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Sara Davis Buechner

Meet Sara Davis Buechner

Piano Studies Artist Faculty member Sara Davis Buechner talks about the importance of offering a comfortable and welcoming community to a broad and diverse group of students. She also shares the ways in which she incorporates her experiences traveling in East and Southeast Asia into her curriculum (hint: she's a big Japanese baseball fan), and the idea that studying music, like all creative disciplines, can be fun.

Masterclasses

Guest Masterclass: Inga Kashakashvili

Acclaimed reviewers have praised Inga Kashakashvili performances as “excellent” (​​New York Concert Review​)​ , “stellar soloist” ​(Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone),​ “persuasive, authoritative—much to the delight of the audience”...

Room C205
75 Third Avenue North

Guest Masterclass: Kate Soyeon Lee

First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Kate Soyeon Lee, leads a masterclass.

C205
75 Third Ave. North, NYC

News and Events

NYU Piano Studies Students Perform in 11,000 Strings at Park Avenue Armory

Students from NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Piano Studies recently participated in 11,000 Strings, the latest large-scale work by acclaimed Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, presented at the Park Avenue Armory.

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Marilyn Nonken Inducted Into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame

Marilyn Nonken, Department Chair and Professor of Music and Music Education, has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.

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NYU Tandon Piano Series

The Tandon Series features pianists from NYU Steinhardt performing afternoon recitals in the School of Engineering's sunny Bern Dibner Foyer. Take a work or study break, enjoy the performances, and mingle with the artists.

Bern Dibner Library
5 Metro Tech Center #3840, Brooklyn

Berliner Kirschblüten: Helmut Lachenmann at 90

Artist faculty member Manuel Laufer and the pianists of the Program in Piano Studies explore the works of German composer Helmut Lachenmann, in celebration of his 90th birthday.

Paulson Center, Room 620
181 Mercer Street NYC at Bleecker Street

Beyond Bolero: The Spellbinding Works of Maurice Ravel

NYU Program in Piano Studies premieres works in honor of Maurice Ravel's 150th birthday.

La Maison Française
16 Washington Mews, New York

Chamber Music With Piano

The pianists of NYU Steinhardt perform a varied program featuring chamber works with strings and woodwinds, as well as pieces for two pianos and piano four hands.

Third North Piano Studies facility
75 3rd North, New York

The Art of Piano: Ebony and Ivory

A survey of diverse styles, genres, and forms of the piano repertoire, spanning four centuries. Presented by the pianists of The Art of Piano class, curated by Artist Faculty member Eteri Andjaparidze.

Room 620
181 Mercer Street (at Bleecker Street) NYC

Eteri Andjaparidze Studio Recital: Tales of Childhood

Pianists from the studio of Eteri Andjaparidze present compositions for solo piano that reflect on images, emotions, fantasies, and memories of childhood.

Paulson Center, Room 620
181 Mercer Street (at Bleeker Street) NYC

Questions 

For more information, please contact mpap.piano@nyu.edu