Alex Tuchman

Pianist Alex Tuchman has performed solo and collaborative recitals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His performances have included appearances at Steinway Hall in New York, Mixon Hall in Cleveland, the University of Music Franz Liszt in Germany, the Earl Cameron Theatre in Bermuda, and Beijing Central Conservatory in China. He has been a guest soloist with orchestras including Camerata New York and the Bermuda Philharmonic.

A dedicated collaborator, Alex has performed chamber music recitals with the Callisto Quartet, cellists Eliza Fath and Sumire Kudo, clarinetist Pavel Vinnitsky, and pianist Eteri Andjaparidze. Highlights of his festival engagements have included the Apollo Music Festival in Minnesota, Oracle Piano Society in Arizona, and Mannes Sounds Festival in New York.

Alex received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Antonio Pompa-Baldi. He also studied with Eteri Andjaparidze at NYU Steinhardt and Pavlina Dokovska at the Mannes School of Music, where he was awarded the Josef Fidelman Performance Prize. He completed his precollege studies with Irina Edelman at Mannes Prep and received his early musical education from Paul Zeigler and Peggy Atchison.

Based in New York City, Alex teaches privately and is also on the faculty at Concordia Conservatory and Mannes Prep at The New School. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Bermuda Piano Festival.

Praised for his “graceful and attentive phrasing” by The Boston Musical Intelligencer, pianist Santiago Lomelín has won the hearts of audiences around the world. He was the first Latino pianist to be admitted to the Horowitz Piano Competition in Kiev, Ukraine, where he won the third prize. Santiago has performed as a soloist with Mexico’s leading orchestras, including the Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Yucatan, and Jalisco orchestras. He is a prize winner at several competitions including the San Jose International Piano Competition in California and Parnassos in Monterrey, Mexico.

Santiago earned his Bachelor of Music degree with academic honors from the New England Conservatory as a student of Victor Rosenbaum. He earned his Master of Music and Professional Studies degrees with academic honors from Mannes School of Music, where he studied with Pavlina Dokovska and received the Steinway Award and the Marian Marcus Wahl Memorial Award. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he studied with Vladimir Valjarević.

Santiago is an enthusiastic and dedicated music teacher. He is a faculty member at Special Music School, which is the only professional pre-conservatory school for gifted children in the USA, the Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance, and has a private piano studio in New York City.