Performing Arts Center
lorenfishman@hotmail.com
Dr. Loren Fishman is currently Adjunct Professor of Piano at St. Cloud State University, and teaches Class Piano. He received his M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in piano performance from the University of Minnesota, where he was the recipient of a Berneking Fellowship and taught applied and class piano lessons as a graduate instructor. He holds a bachelors degre
e from Northern Kentucky University, where he was granted a full music scholarship, as well as the prestigious Dean’s Scholarship and the Commonwealth Scholarship for Academic Excellence. His principal teachers have been Lydia Artymiw, Sergei Polusmiak, and Nina
Polonsky.
Loren has recently appeared in solo recitals at important Minnesota venues, including for the Schubert Club at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota Public Radio’s 2011 Bach Anniversary Concert at the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, and as a soloist with the Minnesota Sinfonia.
He has won top awards in various competitions, including the Graves Regional Young Artist Competition, the Tifereth Israel Young Artist Competition, the KMTA/Bluegrass Young Artist Competition, the NFAA National Arts Recognition Talent Search, the Paducah Symphony Concerto Competition, the MTNA Kentucky State Piano Competition, the Columbus Symphony Concerto Competition, and the Bexley Summerfest Young Artist
Competition. He has also been a soloist with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Kentucky Chamber Orchestra.
He has been a featured participant in numerous summer workshops and chamber music festivals, including at the Las Vegas Music Festival, The Niagara Chamber Music Festival, The Animato Chamber Music festival in Miami Florida, and The Summit Music Festival in New York. In 2006, He was a featured performer in the “Musicos de Camara” series for the Instituto Superior de Muisica in Xalapa Mexico.
Loren is also a prolific cartoonist, and his musical humor panel "Humoresque" is currently published by magazines such as Clavier Companion and Piano Professional.
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