Dean Elder

Dean Elder, pianist, teacher, writer, critic and adjudicator, had his early piano training with Franziska Heinrich, in Portland, Oregon. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Idaho and Columbia University and studied on Fulbright grants in Europe at the Zurich, Paris and Saarbrucken Conservatories. Elder served on the juries of the Arthur Rubinstein, William Kapell, Gina Bachauer, Jose Iturbi, Senigallia Italy, Utrecht Liszt, Leeds, Sydney, Hamamatsu, and Paris...See more

Dean Elder, pianist, teacher, writer, critic and adjudicator, had his early piano training with Franziska Heinrich, in Portland, Oregon. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Idaho and Columbia University and studied on Fulbright grants in Europe at the Zurich, Paris and Saarbrucken Conservatories. Elder served on the juries of the Arthur Rubinstein, William Kapell, Gina Bachauer, Jose Iturbi, Senigallia Italy, Utrecht Liszt, Leeds, Sydney, Hamamatsu, and Paris International Piano Competitions. See less