Andrew von Oeyen
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Andrew von Oeyen (born November 12, 1979) is an American classical pianist. He began piano lessons at age five and made his solo orchestral debut at age ten. At age 16, he made his debut with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1998, after graduating from Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, California, he moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School and Columbia University.
Von Oeyen has performed extensively in recital and orchestral appearances around the world. He has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Chicago's Grant Park Festival Orchestra, and Slovak Philharmonic, among others. He will make his Chicago Symphony debut in 2008. He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Ravinia Festival and throughout Japan. Other festival engagements include Aspen, Grand Teton, Spoleto Festival USA, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Bellingham and "Piano en Valois."
Von Oeyen was the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Young Artist Award and won First Prize in the Lení Fé Bland Foundation National Competition in 2001. His performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, and he has been a featured guest on their programme 'Performance Today'. His teachers include Sara Banta, Herbert Stessin, Jerome Lowenthal, Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher.
Andrew von Oeyen lives in New York and Paris.
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- Tim Page, 'Andrew von Oeyen, Keenly Attuned to Liszt's Grand Design', Washington Post, May 7, 2007. Accessed 18 December 2007.
- Biography: The Gilmore Rising Stars Recital Series Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Accessed 18 December 2007.
- Forrest Hartman, Interview: 'Touring pianist to join Reno Phil', Reno Gazette Journal, October 19, 2007. Accessed 18 December 2007
- Wynne Delacoma, 'Villaume conducts memorable Grant Park debut', Chicago Sun-Times, July 11, 2005. Accessed 19 December 2007.
