Dmitri Shteinberg

Called ''protean and refined'' by the New York Times, Shteinberg recorded for NPR, the Bavarian Radio, Summit Records, Fleur de Son Classics, and Sono Luminus labels and the Yamaha Disklavier; collaborated with the cellists Han-Na Chang and Natalia Gutman, violinists Julian Rachlin and David Garrett, and violist Tabea Zimmermann, and member of the New York Philharmonic. 

Besides solo and chamber music performances, Shteinberg frequently appears with concert-lectures; he also plays harpsichord and period pianos. His interest in new music has led to world premieres and numerous commissions, including concertos by Avner Dorman, Jonathan Kolm and Robert Chumbley, and the first-ever recording of Samuel Barber’s recently discovered violin sonata. 

Dmitri Shteinberg is a prizewinner in twenty competitions worldwide, including the first prize in ''Citta de Senigallia'' international piano competition in Italy and the silver medal at the Proto International Piano Competition. In the United States, he won the Naomi Foundation Competition and the Artists International Debut Award, and received the Salon De Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. 

A native of Moscow, Dmitri Shteinberg studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music under Anna Kantor, teacher of Evgeny Kissin. His later teachers include Victor Derevianko and Nina Svetlanova, both students of Heinrich Neuhaus. Shteinberg holds a Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, and is currently the Clifton Matthews Distinguished Professor of Piano at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). His former students received scholarships at numerous prestigious schools, including Manhattan School of Music, Eastman, Peabody, and the Oberlin Conservatory; a number of studio alumni now hold university teaching positions. Shteinberg is a former faculty at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, VT, and the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Tampa, Florida. Currently, he is the artistic director of the three-week Summer Piano Intensive at UNCSA. 

The student needs to know much more than how to play their instrument. The education also focuses on music history, literature, pedagogy, collaborative skills, time management, wellness and career skills.

Career Highlights

• Soloist with Jerusalem Symphony, The Italian Filarmonica Marchigiana, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Israel Camerata Orchestra and Porto National Symphony under the batons of Massimo Pradella, Roger Nierenberg, Florin Totan and David Shallon, among others
• Chamber music appearances at Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Alice Tully Hall in New York and the Saunders Theatre in Boston. 
• Festival appearances in North America, Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Bulgaria and Israel. 
• Appeared with the Baton Rouge, Richmond, Charlottesville, Salisbury and Manassas symphony orchestras
• Guest Artist at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Summit Music Festival, Music Festival of the Hamptons, the ''Oleg Kagan'' Festival in Germany, Festival Aix-en-Provence in France, and Open Chamber Music in Cornwall, England

Awards, Recognitions and Honors

• Recent appearances include Beijing and Nanjing, China
• Guest classes at the Tanglewood Institute and the University of Houston
• Adjudications of the XV Campillos International Piano Competition, Spain, and the Young Artist Concerto Competition of Chicago
• World premiere of Permutations for piano and orchestra by Robert Chumbley