An Interview with Pianist Drew Petersen
Q: How has winning or being a finalist with the American Piano Awards impacted your career?
A: Oh my goodness. Well, this is an easy question to answer. The American Piano Awards really opened my career and my relationship to the Midwest in a way I never expected.
Before 2016, the…
Apple Podcast. On this episode, Tom goes “On the Aisle” with acclaimed American pianist, Drew Peterson, a sought after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician (1hr 1m).
Thank you to everyone who came out for our second Masterworks performance of the season to see Drew Petersen play Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto! We received endless high praise from concert-goers as well as requests to have Drew return. Here are a few of our favorite comments from audience members. For those who were there,…
Fast on the heels of a chamber music recital with faculty at Williams College and a master class with Williams piano students, Drew Petersen is off again. He will step in to perform Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, often likened to a "Mount Everest" of the piano concerto literature. Two performances with the Charleston Symphony and…
The Eastern Music Festival (EMF) announced that 28-year-old American pianist Drew Petersen will step in for Hélène Grimaud as soloist with the Eastern Festival on July 22, 2023. This marks Petersen’s debut with EMF in Greensboro, showcasing his growing reputation as a highly sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
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Here’s to seeing Petersen making a bigger splash in music — including kicking off the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic’s new season Saturday — than he ever did in the water. He most recently won the 2017 American Pianists Awards competition that stretched 13 months. But the part-time graduate student at the prestigious Julliard School in New…
In his young career, American Pianist Drew Petersen has achieved some of the highest musical honors, including top prize from the 2017 American Pianists Awards and a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant. This recital, a daunting showcase of American piano works, is a glimpse of his remarkable musicianship.
Griffes’ Three Fantasy Pieces, which fuse elements of…
Drew Petersen joins the distinguished roster of Steinway & Sons artists!
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His performance will be broadcast on the radio station and its website wqxr.org at 9 p.m. April 24.
The grant is awarded to up to five talented instrumentalists and chamber ensembles with great potential in professional careers as musicians. Each recipient receives $25,000 to aid in advancing a career.
Other honorees included Xavier Foley, double bassist; Francisco…
Petersen will be honored as an Avery Fisher Career Grant reciepient in a ceremony at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WQXR. The performance will be streamed Live on Facebook at 6pm EDT March 22, 2018 and will be broadcast on 105.9 FM and www.wqxr.org Tuesday, April 24 2018 at 9pm.
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Opus 3 Artists is thrilled to welcome the winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards, Drew Petersen. The captivating, young pianist is also the winner of the Christel DeHaan Fellowship of the American Pianists Association, and has been named Artist-in-Residence for two years by the University of Indianapolis.
This is the latest accolade in a decorated…
TSO Classical Concert Friday, November 17th 7:30 pm Sunday, November 19th at 2 pm Grieg Piano Concerto
Drew Petersen, winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards and the Christel DeHaan Fellowship of the American Pianists Association, has already achieved an enormous amount at the age of 23, including graduating cum laude from Harvard when he…
Drew Petersen had been playing professionally for eight years when he first tackled Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the age of 13.
It might not have seemed extraordinary to him at the time. After all, this achievement was par for the course for the precocious musician. He will be performing this work again on Nov.…
"In late September, pianist Drew Petersen began his two-year residency at the University of Indianapolis, part of his award as first place winner of the 2017 American Pianists Association competition, with a recital that put to rest any questions about why he was chosen. The 23-year old virtuoso tackled a range of challenging works from…
Winner of the American Pianists Award and the Christel DeHaan Fellowship of the American Pianists Association.
There may be fewer days at the beach for Drew Petersen, a resident of Springs and Oradell, N.J. In April, at age 23, Mr. Petersen, a prodigy who first performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at age 5, won…
A 5-year-old piano prodigy.
A 19-year-old graduate of Harvard University.
And now, at 23, the 2017 winner of the American Pianists Award.
To some, Drew Petersen’s latest feat is the culmination of 18 long years of hard work. But to Petersen, it’s just the beginning.
By Melanie Anzidei
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A 23-year-old, internationally acclaimed pianist and winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards will serve as the Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Indianapolis.
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The Indianapolis-based American Pianists Association has announced Drew Petersen will serve as the artist-in-residence at the University of Indianapolis. The 23-year-old earned the spot after winning the 2017 American Pianists Awards.
UIndy announced the artist-in-residence program in June. Petersen will serve in the role for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years, during which time he…
American Pianists Association names Drew Petersen the 2017 American Pianists Awards winner, following rigorous 13-month competition.
Drew Petersen sits comfortably at a piano, looks briefly at its 88 keys, shuts his eyes, positions his fingers, and plays from memory a complex piece by Frédéric Chopin.
Petersen welcomes challenging adventures, musical and otherwise. He enrolled in Harvard’s Extension School at 14, while maintaining a demanding concert schedule.
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Drew Petersen didn’t speak until he was 3½, but his mother, Sue, never believed he was slow. When he was 18 months old, in 1994, she was reading to him and skipped a word, whereupon Drew reached over and pointed to the missing word on the page. Drew didn’t produce much sound at that stage,…
Talent is the norm at the Manhattan School of Music, where teachers like Miyoko Lotto coax excellence from the hands of young pianists. So when she was asked to hear a 6-year-old who was billed as a prodigy, Ms. Lotto was blasé. ''I thought, here goes another one,'' she said. ''Then this absolutely dazzling child…