About the Artists
Pianists:
Joseph Rubenstein
(Artistic Director/Pianist/Composer)
Joseph Rubenstein, composer, pianist, and founder of Keys to the Future, is committed to bringing the music of our time to as wide an audience as possible. His expressive compositions combine carefully sculpted
melodies, propulsive rhythmic drive, and a subtle harmonic blend derived
equally from contemporary sources and music of the past.
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Amy Dissanayake
Amy Briggs Dissanayake has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of living composers, while also bringing a fresh perspective to music of the past.
Stephen Gosling
A native of Sheffield, England, Stephen studied with Oxana Yablonskaya at the Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. His playing has been hailed as “electric, luminous and poised” (The New York Times), projected with “utter clarity and conviction” (The Washington Post) through “extraordinary virtuosity” (The Houston Chronicle).
Marina Lomazov
Ukrainian-American pianist Marina Lomazov praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (The Salt Lake City Tribune) and “a mesmerizing risk-taker” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), has established herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the concert scene today.
Blair McMillen
Blair McMillen has established himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after young pianists today. He has received critical acclaim for his performances throughout the United States and abroad. The New York Times has called his playing "lustrous," "riveting," and "brilliant....prodigiously accomplished and exciting."
Lisa Moore
Described by The New York Times as "lustrous at the keyboard, and at once engaging and challenging" and “the phenomenal pianist” in The Village Voice, Australian Lisa Moore enjoys one of the most diverse musical careers experienced by pianists today. She was recently appointed artistic director of the ‘Sounds Alive’ series in the 2008 Canberra International Chamber Music Festival.
Tatjana Rankovich
One of the most versatile pianists of her generation, Tatjana Rankovich is an artist committed to continuously expanding the boundaries of traditional repertoire, constantly searching for and discovering new contemporary music and devoting her interest to performing rarely heard works of the past.
David Friend
David Friend, hailed by critics as a “brilliant and sensitive” pianist, recently performed the New York premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto No. 1. Mr. Friend has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician, and maintains a repertoire that encompasses the full canon of the piano literature.
Composers:
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