Lydia Artymiw, Guest Pianist

"Lydia Artymiw has such a satisfying musical soul; she is a pleasure to hear", wrote Bernard Holland in a recent New York Times review. The recipient of both an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Prize, Philadelphia-born Lydia Artymiw has emerged as one of the most compelling talents among pianists of her generation. She has performed with over one hundred orchestras world-wide, with many of the leading conductors of our time.

Solo recital tours have taken her to all major American cities and to important European music centers, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Rome, Zurich, Helsinki, and throughout the Far East (Taiwan, China, Korea, Singapore, Philippines). Critics have acclaimed her seven solo recordings for the Chandos label, and she has also recorded for Bridge, Centaur, Pantheon, and Artegra.

A recipient of top prizes in the 1976 Leventritt and the 1978 Leeds International Competitions, she graduated from Philadelphia's University of the Arts and studied with Gary Graffman for twelve years.

Artymiw is the McKnight Distinguished Professor of Piano at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and received the "Dean's Medal" for Outstanding Professor in 2000. For more information, please visit Artymiw's website at lydiaartymiw.com