Alexa Stier

Hailed for her “colorful, flexible and expressive playing” (Res Musica), pianist Alexa Stier has performed extensively in Europe, the United States and in South America. Alexa is a prizewinner of the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition, the Orléans International Piano Competition, and the George Enescu International Piano Competition. She appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (UK), the New Britain Symphony Orchestra (USA), and the Kelvin Ensemble (UK).

Alexa’s most notable appearances include solo recitals and chamber music collaborations at Lincoln Center, (New York City) the Time:Spans Festival (New York City), the Liszt Cultural Institute (New York City), Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (U.K), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (U.K.), Teatro del Sale (Firenze, Italy), and at the Zaldumbide Rosales Foundation (Quito, Ecuador). As a Hungarian pianist hailing from Romania, Alexa regularly represents her cultural heritage at embassies across the USA and South America.

Alexa is the founder and artistic director of the ContemporArt Chamber Music Festival and non-profit organization, which offers free concerts and music education to her hometown community. Alexa holds diplomas from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Yale School of Music, where she is currently a doctoral candidate, studying with Boris Berman and Wei-Yi Yang. Alexa is a faculty member of the New School for Music Study in Kingston, New Jersey.