Program
Joseph Haydn – Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:48
Alexander Scriabin – Etude, Op.2 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin – 12 Etudes, Op. 8
Bio
Takeshi Nagayasu is a versatile pianist who has been recognized and has won many top prizes in competitions such as the Kosciuszko Foundation, Jacob Flier, Artist Presentation Society, Borderland Chopin, Nashville Chopin, Rosamond Haeberle, Texas State Piano Festival Concerto, and the International Robert Schumann Competition in Germany. He has reached the semifinal round and received a special prize for the best interpretation of Fauré Impromptu at the Concours International Long-Thibaud in Paris. He is a recipient of multiple scholarships including awards from the Feltsman Piano Foundation and the Detroit Federation of Musicians, the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship from the Musical Club of Hartford, Dominique Weber Scholarship from the Gijon international piano festival, as well as the Clara Wells Fellowship from the American Matthay Association. He has been invited to perform in prominent venues such as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Town Hall in New York City, and Opéra-Comique in Paris. He has appeared with orchestras including the Seocho Philharmonia in South Korea, Clara Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, and Ocean Foundation Festival Orchestra in New York.
Takeshi is also a composer who has studied with Philip Lasser and has written many pieces for piano, ensembles, and chamber orchestra. His music has been performed and premiered in events like Portland International Piano Festival, Michigan Recording Project, and the Gijón International Piano Festival in Spain. As an organist, he has studied with Isaac Lee and Theodore Cheng, and is currently studying with Caroline Robinson. He attained the Colleague Certification from The American Guild of Organists. Performance highlights include appearance at the Division Street Pipes Concert Series. He has collaborated with Chelsea Chamber Players, Hometown Holiday Concert Orchestra and Choir, and Ann Arbor Community Orchestra. As a carillonneur, he studied with Jenna Hyojin Moon, passed the Associate Carillonneur Exam of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and is currently studying with Tiffany Ng. He is also studying fortepiano with Matthew Bengtson. He has been invited to participate in music festivals that focus on historical instruments, such as Academy of Fortepiano in New York as well as Chamber Music Collective and Fortepiano Tech Academy at Cornell University.
Takeshi studied at Juilliard School of Music, Yale School of Music, and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in piano performance at the University of Michigan. His teachers include Logan Skelton, Vladimir Feltsman, José Méndez, Melvin Chen, Boris Berman, Joseph Kalichstein, Matti Raekallio, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Xiaohe Xie, and Oleg Roschin. He also received full scholarships to study at music festivals such as International Keyboard Institute & Festival and PianoSummer at New Paltz.
He has taught both solo piano lessons as well as in the classroom at Yale and the University of Michigan. He was also a teaching artist in the Music in Schools
Initiative Program for creative music making classes in New Haven. He has given master classes at California Polytechnic State University and Grand Valley State University as a guest artist. In 2025, he worked as a teaching fellow at the Classical Music Institute 210 Festival in San Antonio. In the same year, he served as a competition judge and taught masterclasses in the Borderland Chopin Festival. Previously at Schoolcraft Academy, he is currently teaching at Hillsdale College.
Initiative Program for creative music making classes in New Haven. He has given master classes at California Polytechnic State University and Grand Valley State University as a guest artist. In 2025, he worked as a teaching fellow at the Classical Music Institute 210 Festival in San Antonio. In the same year, he served as a competition judge and taught masterclasses in the Borderland Chopin Festival. Previously at Schoolcraft Academy, he is currently teaching at Hillsdale College.