Highlights
Competition Awards
Carnegie Hall - Winners’ recital, Judges’ Distinction Award at the American Protege International Competition. Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, 1st Movement
Winner - MTNA Regional Composition Competition, “Two Short Preludes”
National Finalist - MTNA National Composition Competition, “Two Short Preludes”
Winner - International Young Artist Concerto Competition, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Second Prize - Nordic International Piano Competition, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Winner - Regional Steinway Virtual Piano Competition, Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in D Minor “Tempest” III. Allegretto and Liszt: Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major
Winner - Seattle International Piano Festival, Bach “Italian Concerto”
Performances
WFMT 98.7 (click blue "Listen” button) - radio debut at age 11 (40-minute recital featuring the works of Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Debussy)
SAP’s ‘Diverse Minds’ Charity Gala, London - performed Liszt’s Un Sospiro as part of SAPs ‘Autism at Work’ program
Performer and speaker at the Genesee Theatre alongside The Piano Guys
Performer and speaker at Els Center of Excellence in Florida
Compositions
Emotions of COVID 19 Lockdown, a piano work that was included in a Live Mother’s Day Recital and featured on the WFMT radio station alongside some of the great American composers
Composer of Symphony for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor - 1st Movement, which was professionally recorded by the Chicago Arts Orchestra
SAP’s ‘Diverse Minds’ Charity Gala in London. 04/11/2019
- Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No 2
- Liszt: Trois etudes de Concert No. 3. ”Un sospiro”
Live Performance for Mother's Day. 5/10/2020
00:17 - Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
04:16 - Gershenhorn: Emotions of Covid-19 Lockdown
08:28 - Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66
14:11 - Liszt: Consolations, S. 171a -No. 3, Lento, quasi recitativo
18:51 - Rachmaninov: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
23:27 - Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 31
WFMT 98.7, Chicago’s Classical Music Radio station. 7/4/2020
Radio broadcast debut of my original composition, Emotions of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the “American Composers Highlights” broadcast.
Judge’s Distinction Award Winner
2021 International Concerto Competition - American Protégé
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
My 1st Symphony Composition, professionally recorded by the Chicago Arts Orchestra, 8/23/2025