Colorado State University Center for the Arts

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by internationally […]

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by […]

Winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists (Senior Division), Morningside Music Bridge International Concerto Competition, and the NEC Prep Concerto Competition, Saehyun Kim is a pianist from Seoul, South Korea, currently residing in Massachusetts. Over the past seven years, Saehyun has performed at major concert venues in South Korea. He has appeared […]

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by internationally […]

Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan is included in the Pantheon of the world’s greatest pianists and teachers. The meditative focus and rare stillness of Babayan’s keyboard artistry prompted the Hamburger Abendblatt to liken him to “one of those Japanese calligraphers who contemplate the white page before them in silence until, at the exact right moment, their […]

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by […]

Russian-born Vyacheslav Gryaznov is a concert pianist, inventor, and the author of more than 40 concert arrangements. In 2014, Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott Music, the youngest Russian in their history to do so. His most recent recording of Western Transcriptions on the Master Performers label is joining his album of Russian Transcriptions […]

Flamboyant, daring, provocative, exciting, seductive and sensitive are some of the words to describe Kemal Gekic, one of today’s most formidable pianists. Gekic’s playing has been acclaimed worldwide by the public and critics alike. His daring approach to tone and form marked him as a maverick in the musical world, a distinction he welcomes; the […]

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by […]

The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a week-long summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses, matinee concerts, presentations on topics such as repertoire, performance and pedagogy, live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-style Odyssiad® Competition, and enthralling evening and matinee concerts by internationally […]

Widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, Zuill Bailey is a Grammy Award-winning, internationally renowned soloist, recitalist, artistic director, and teacher. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry, and engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most sought-after and active cellists today. As a renowned recording artist, Bailey […]

American pianist Clayton Stephenson’s love for music is immediately apparent in his joyous charisma onstage, expressive power, and natural ease at the instrument. Hailed for “extraordinary narrative and poetic gifts’ and interpretations that are “fresh, incisive and characterfully alive” (Gramophone), he is committed to making an impact on the world through his music-making. Stephenson’s accolades […]