Ethan N.

Education

• Manhattan School of Music DMA Piano Performance
• Manhattan School of Music MM Music Technology, Piano Performance
• Mannes College BA Piano Performance and Composition

Experience

• Ethan has taught piano and theory to students of all ages and levels.

Bio

Pianist and composer, Ethan N. started his enduring venture into the music world back in his home country of Bulgaria. He fell in love with music and began piano lessons early. Being a skilled and dedicated musician, Ethan quickly earned the status of a young virtuoso, and in 1999 he made his soloist debut performing with the National Conservatory Orchestra. The success of his performances manifested in his first interview and live performance, which was broadcasted on Classic FM radio. Later that year, Ethan and his family immigrated to the United States where he continued to advance his education at Mannes College of Music, winning a full scholarship under the guidance of Pavlina Dokovska.

In 2001, Ethan made his U.S. debut as a soloist performing with the Mannes Preparatory Division Orchestra. Upon entering the Bachelor’s program, Ethan had the privilege to attend master classes with Eteri Anjaparidze and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Further, he received an Honorable Mention Award at the Five Towns Competition in Long Island, New York. Ethan made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2006 and later took part in numerous music festivals; Fontainebleau France, Viana do Castelo in Portugal, and Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. Additionally, Ethan participated in numerous master classes given by Jerome Lowenthal, Gilbert Kalish, and Joseph Kalichstein. Some of his concert venue highlights include Chateau de Fontainebleau in France, Steinway Hall, Yamaha Hall, Miranda Hall, Paris Conservatory, and The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.

In 2010, Ethan decided to expand his performing and compositional skills at the Manhattan School of Music, where he was accepted as a doctoral student. Throughout the diverse course of this program, Ethan was provided with an opportunity to collaborate with Columbia University Film students and apply his unique music style to the composing and recording of original film scores, while still performing and composing music for commercial release, as a published composer. In 2017, Ethan completed his ten years of ground-breaking doctoral research. His theory was one of the first to suggest that Biomechanical Kinesiology and Neuroplasticity play a critical role in learning and playing the piano. Ethan’s lifelong fascination with the legendary Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich resulted in the first-ever written analysis of a living legend’s performance technique in music history.