Lisa Spector

Lisa Spector has performed concert tours in China, Italy, Romania, and France as well as performances across the United States as a soloist and with numerous orchestras. In noting her exceptional interpretative playing and ability to communicate with her audience, one critic recently wrote, "the audience, seemingly unable to contain its delight and appreciation of her stellar performance, burst into applause and gave her a standing ovation before the piece was finished."

American audiences first became familiar with Ms. Spector when, shortly after completing her studies, she won First Prize in both the New York and Los Angeles Chopin Competitions. Since then she was awarded the Dewar's "Outstanding Artist of the Year," claimed First Prize in the International Piano Recording Competition, and won The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra's International Recording Competition. More recently, she was the National Finalist in the Simone Belsky Music Award Competition, and represented the United States as the only American to advance to the semi finals of the International Chopin Competition held in Spain.

Born in Syracuse, New York, Ms. Spector holds degrees from The Juilliard School (B.M.) and The University of Southern California (M.M.). Her teachers included Earl Wild, Lilian Kallir, and John Perry. She currently resides in Half Moon Bay, California and devotes a great deal of time to teaching promising young pianists at a school which she founded.

Visit Ms. Spector's webpage at www.LisaSpector.com