Keyboard

BGSU has earned a reputation for its outstanding keyboard program, drawing students from all over the United States and the world.  The four full-time piano faculty members, Solungga Liu, Laura MeltonRobert Satterlee, and Yevgeny Yontov have diverse backgrounds and maintain active performing careers.  With approximately 50 piano majors, including undergraduate and graduate students in degree programs in performance and music education, the BGSU piano program offers a wide range of opportunities to build your pianistic artistry in a caring and nurturing environment.

The College sponsors a number of competitions for student pianists at BGSU.   The Competitions in Music Performance offers students the chance to play concerti with the BGSU Philharmonia or Wind Symphony.  The Douglas Wayland Chamber Music Competition honors students in various chamber music groups, and the Conrad Art Song Competition pairs pianists with singers to perform art songs, with prize money equally shared between the pianist and singer.

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  • Robert Satterlee performs at State and National Conferences Oct 24, 2024 11:17 AM Robert Satterlee, professor of piano, recently gave solo performances at the Ohio Music Teachers Association State Conference, held in Akron, Ohio in October, and also at the American Liszt Society Festival, an event drawing pianists and scholars from all across the US. This year's festival was held in October at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

  • Graduate Pianists to Present at the 2025 MTNA Collegiate Symposium Oct 24, 2024 11:12 AM Niayesh Javaheri and Hannah Zaborski’s proposal, Exploring Extended Piano Techniques: A Pedagogical Approach through Emma Lou Diemer’s Space Suite, has been selected for presentation at the 2025 MTNA Collegiate Symposium, which will take place in January at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

  • Graduate Pianist Won Ohio MTNA Young Artist Competition Oct 24, 2024 10:56 AM Congratulations to Apostolos Konstantakis ( MM ‘25), Winner of the 2024 Ohio MTNA Young Artist Competition. Apostolis will represent Ohio to compete in the next round- the Regional Competition. Apostolos studies with Dr. Solungga Liu.

  • CMA Pianists win multiple prizes in the 2023 MTNA Young Artist Competition Nov 1, 2023 9:17 AM A huge congratulations to our pianists who participated in the 2023 MTNA Young Artist Competition. There were 20 contestants in this category and BGSU pianists garnered almost all the prizes.

  • Burger publishes Class Piano textbook Aug 24, 2023 2:40 PM Cole Burger recently published a class piano textbook.

  • Humay Gasimzade to Release a Recording on the Innova Records Label Aug 24, 2023 11:30 AM Pianist Humay Gasimzade was recently awarded the opportunity to commercially release a recording through Innova Records.

  • 2021 BGSU Concerto Competition Dec 14, 2021 11:48 AM CONGRATULATIONS to the following pianists who did an outstanding job in the 2021 BGSU Annual Concerto Competition: Undergraduate Division Maggie Brown: Winner, Rautavaara 1 Zerui Pan: Finalist, Prokofiev 3 Abigail Petersen: Finalist, Saint-Saëns 2 Graduate Division Eva Panagou: Finalist, Grieg A Minor Yingge Wang: Finalist, Saint-Saëns 2 Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award Min-Shan Tsai

  • Video release for solo piano by Solungga Liu Nov 9, 2021 1:50 PM The College of Musical Arts piano faculty Solungga Liu has released a video of “Remembrances” for solo piano (2010) by Eric Nathan, a Rome Prize- and Guggenheim fellowship- winning American composer and composition faculty at Brown University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfPDiySsyg

Updated: 10/17/2023 02:38PM