List of Composers






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.

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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).

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Composers:

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John Adams
Louis Andriessen
Derek Bermal
Chester Biscardi
William Bolcom
Chick Corea
John Halle
Elena Kats-Chernin
Martin Kennedy
Ingram Marshall
Henry Martin

Robert Muczynski
John Musto
Hans Otte
Arvo Pärt
Kevin Puts
David Rakowski
John Fitz Rogers
Poul Ruders
Bruce Stark
Charles Wuorinen

 

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