Steven Beck

Fast Facts

• Faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and The Juilliard School, where he teaches orchestral piano; also serves on the faculty of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival
• Has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra, with performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center
• Annual Christmas Eve performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Bargemusic has become a New York tradition
• Member of leading contemporary and chamber music ensembles, including the Talea Ensemble, Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Knights; featured on more than 40 recordings

Pianist Steven Beck has recently appeared with the orchestras of Austin, Princeton, and Chattanooga, heard in chamber music in Chicago, and Oklahoma City, and repeated his annual Christmas Eve performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Bargemusic, which has become a New York institution.

As a soloist Mr. Beck has performed with the New York Philharmonic and the National Symphony and has appeared at Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Library of Congress; summer concerts have been at the Aspen Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. As an orchestral musician he has played with the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and Orpheus.

An experienced performer of new music, Steven Beck has premiered works by Charles Wuorinen and Fred Lerdahl. He can be heard on over 40 CDs, including the first complete recording of George Walker’s piano sonatas, for Bridge Records. Mr. Beck is a member of the Knights, the Talea Ensemble, Quattro Mani, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. He is on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. A Steinway Artist, he is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he now teaches orchestral piano.