Associate Professor of Music
Anthony Padilla, recognized internationally as a pianist of remarkable sensitivity, refined interpretation, and dazzling technique, made his debut with the Seattle Symphony at the age of sixteen. Mr. Padilla has been performing extensively ever since, as guest artist with orchestras and at concert series throughout the world. Performance highlights include New York's Merkin Concert Hall, the La Jolla Chamber Music Society, the Ravinia Festival, Chautauqua, Schleswig-Holstein, Holzhausen, Victoria, Sarasota, Cascade, the Bay View and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festivals, and solo and collaborative appearances throughout the United States, Germany, Italy, and China.
Mr. Padilla joined the Concert Artists Guild's distinguished roster of soloists as the top prize winner in the 2000 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and his New York debut recital met with enthusiastic public and critical acclaim. Awarded the prestigious Beethoven Fellowship by the American Pianists Association in 1991, Mr. Padilla is also a laureate of the Gina Bachauer, Cleveland, William Kapell, and Walter Naumburg International Piano Competitions. In addition, he has won highest honors from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Society of American Musicians, the Music Teachers National Association, the National Chopin-Koszciuszko Foundation, the Harvard Musical Association, and the Theodore Presser Foundation.
Mr. Padilla has been Artist-in-Residence at the Bay View Music Festival since 1996. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he studied with Nelita True, Jeffrey Kahane, Natalya Antonova, BŽla S’ki, Donald Walker, and the late Jorge Bolet. An active member of the Music Teachers National Association, he is in constant demand for his engaging master classes and clinics, and his lecture-recital entitled "The Element of Humor in Classical Music" stirred great interest at the MTNA National Convention in Los Angeles. His students regularly receive highest awards at state and national auditions.
Mr. Padilla's debut recording of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Statements: Sonata No. 2 for Piano" is now available on the CRI label. He also collaborates with his wife, pianist Sooyeon Kwon, for duo-piano performances.
See Professor Padilla's homepage for more information.
Contact by e-mail: anthony.p.padilla@lawrence.edu
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