Russian-born pianist Anna Keiserman is known for her creative programming, expressive freedom, and singular vision. Performance credits in New York City include Le Poisson Rouge, the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the Fête de La Musique. Other notable venues include the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts (Toms River, NJ), the Nash Theatre (Raritan Valley Community College), the Strand Theater (Hudson Falls, NY), and the Ateneu Barcelonès (Barcelona, Spain).
Anna has toured through Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Russia. As a soloist, she performed concertos with the Volgograd Symphony Orchestra (Russia), the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, and the Somerset Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has been awarded top prizes in piano competitions in Russia, and 2nd place in the 2019 American Prize Competition.
With her debut album, Russian Mosaic, released in 2019 on the Sheva Collection label, Anna offers rarely heard gems by Rachmaninoff, Shchedrin, Smirnov, and Medtner. Hailed as “the impressive pianist who played brilliantly” by New York Concert Review, the Atlanta Audio Club observed: “Her insights into the four masters of Russian piano music we have here bring them to instant, vibrant life before our very ears. Keiserman applies her notable brilliance to create the strongest impressions.”
Anna Keiserman has served as faculty at the NYU Steinhardt School of the Arts, at the Rutgers University Extension Division, and at William Paterson University. Having earned degrees from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow and the University of Minnesota, Dr. Keiserman completed her Doctorate in Piano Performance at Rutgers University, where she earned the Elizabeth Wyckoff Durham Award for academic distinction and excellence in piano performance. From 2020-24 Anna served as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Raritan Valley Community College before relocating to Georgia, where she joined the Music Department at the University of North and West Georgia as a faculty member.
My teaching experience spans over 20 years working with students ranging from beginners to college music majors. It endowed me with a strong foundation in the theory and practice of teaching, allowing me to help my students effectively identify, isolate, and resolve their technical issues. In each lesson, I share my knowledge with my students on how, through the process of learning technical and interpretive skills, they develop their ability to search for musical meaning. Through a supportive and goal-oriented approach, I strive to help each student discover their own path so that their musical journey is successful and rewarding.
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