John Perry
John Perry earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the Eastman School of Music. He was a student of Cecile Genhart, and during those summers worked with Frank Mannheimer. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, he worked with Wladyslav Kedra in Vienna and Carlo Zecchi in Rome. Mr. Perry has achieved considerable acclaim as a touring and recording artist, and has won numerous prizes in international competitions and has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America.
Mr. Perry records for labels including Telefunken, Musical Heritage Society, CBC, Fox and ACA, which recently released his recording of three major American works for piano solo: Paul Cooper's Sinfonia, Sam Jones' Sonata for Piano, and the Piano Sonata of Donald Keats. As a respected chamber musician, Mr. Perry collaborates with some of the world's finest instrumentalists. He has also attained an international reputation as a teacher, presenting master classes throughout the world.
His students have been first-prize winners in major competitions including the Rubinstein, Music Teachers' National Association, Naumburg, Chopin National competition, Beethoven Foundation competition, Federated Music Clubs, the Young Keyboard Artists Association, American Music Society Competition and Young Musicians Foundation.
Mr. Perry is a member of the faculty of the Colburn School for Performing Arts, a frequent guest faculty member at the Banff Centre, artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival, the Sarasota Festival and the Holland Music Sessions. During the academic year, he is on faculty for the Thornton School of Music, the University of Southern California and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
