About

MATTHEW MAIMONE was born in 1994. A native of New York, Matthew began his piano studies when he was six years old. At the age of ten, Matthew was accepted into the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division where he completed eight years of study under Ms. Victoria Mushkatkol. This fall, Matthew began year two of his Bachelor of Music degree at the Juilliard School with pianist and pedagogue, Dr. Julian Martin.

Matthew has won awards in several national and international piano competitions including the American Fine Arts Festival, the MTNA Competition, the Golden Key Festival, AADGT’s International Young Musician’s Competition, the 2010 Julia Crane International Piano Competition, and was a finalist in the Forte Chamber Music Competition and the Burgos International Music Festival Competition in Burgos, Spain. Additionally, Matthew was awarded the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division 2013 Commencement Award for “superior ability in the areas of piano performance, orchestra, chamber music, and academic subjects.”

He has performed in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Paul Hall, and the Willson Theatre, Steinway Hall, Gilder Lehrman Hall, Wave Hill, Bargemusic, the National Arts Club, Guild Hall, Bay Street Theater, and the Southampton Cultural Center, as well as in master classes with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky, Dr. Stephen Hough, Dr. Paul Sheftel, Dr. Jerome Lowenthal, and Dr. Paul Schenly, and in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances on the piano and the celeste, at Juilliard, at home and abroad.

This fall, Matthew began his second year of studies in Juilliard's Historical Performance Department where he is being coached in vocal repertory on the period harpsichord and fortepiano. Matthew has been a participant in numerous summer music festivals including the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Burgos International Music Festival, the Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival in Sag Harbor, NY, Hamptons Music Sessions, Katy’s Courage Concert Series, the Narnia Arts Festival in Narnia, Italy, and the International Academy of Music Festival in Tuscany.

Additionally, Matthew enjoys participating in community service by performing for retirement homes, hospitals, churches, and not-for-profit organizations. In 2007 Matthew, along with his parents, established the Vladimir Nielsen Foundation, a 501c3 entity for young, gifted pianists.

Music

Chamber Music Specialist - Everything from Haydn to Dvorak and beyond. Duets, Trios, Quartets, Quintets, etc. Consistently play with my Juilliard classmates to provide high-level performances of the master chamber works.

Videos

Past groupmuses (1)

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  Chelsea Groupmuse: Mendelssohn, Brahms, Barber

  Friday, Jul 13, 2018 7:00 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Chelsea, New York
  • Composers: Barber, Bach, Brahms, Saint Saens
  • Instruments: Cello and Piano
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 6 years ago