Blair School of Music welcomes prizewinning pianist and composer Greg Hartmann, Thursday, March 6, for a Guest Artist Series performance in Turner Hall. Hartmann has been honored with numerous competition awards and has performed at major music festivals across the country. This is a free event with tickets required for admission. Doors to Turner Hall will open 15 minutes prior to show start. Late seating will be at artist discretion.
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Venue: Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Address: 2400 Blakemore Ave., Nashville, TN 37212
Parking: Free parking is available at the Vanderbilt West Parking Garage on Childrens Way, directly across from Blair School of Music. Due to construction on 25th Ave. South, enter the West Garage on 24th Ave. South.
About Greg Hartmann:
Pianist Greg Hartmann is currently an Artist Diploma student at the Guildhall School, as a student of Ronan O’Hora and Martin Roscoe. He has won first prize in the 2023 Knoxville International Piano Competition, first prize in the 2018 Memphis International Piano Competition, second prize in the top division of the 2021 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition, third prize in the 2021 William Knabe International Piano Competition, third prize in the 2019 Thousand Islands International Piano Competition, and third prize in the 2018 High Point University Piano Competition, among others.
Hartmann has performed concerti with the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Symphony, Lakeshore Wind Ensemble, Concord Chamber Orchestra, and Waukesha Area Chamber Orchestra.
Also an accomplished composer, he won the 2018 Paula Nelson-Guenther Young Composer Competition with his orchestral work Requiem for a Memory: Nocturne for Orchestra. Hartmann maintains an interest in music theory and presented an original research paper at the 2020 conference of the Society for Music Theory.
Hartmann has participated in numerous major music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival and School, Pianofest in the Hamptons, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Sejong International Music Festival, Euro Music Festival and Academy, and the Gijón International Piano Festival. His ongoing research focuses on the relationship between music performance and music theory, with a particular emphasis on Schenkerian analysis, rhythm and meter, and phrase-level form. In his free time, he enjoys tennis, running, and ping pong.