Michael Meresman studied classical piano from age 4 to 16 with Azar Pirnazar of the Juilliard School of Music. She was a top student of George Kochevitsky, a legendary piano professor and author in New York who was himself a pupil of Nikolaev at the Leningrad Conservatory.
A Colorado resident since 1997, Mr. Meresman completed a degree in piano performance at the University of Colorado – Boulder, where he studied with Doris Lehnert, a protégé of the renowned Juilliard teacher Rosina Lhevinne. The university awarded Mr. Meresman three scholarships and the singular distinction “Outstanding Graduate of Class” in 2000.
“My biography sounds lofty, but I’m down to earth, professional and reliable. I play exclusively classical music. Please check out the highlights of my repertoire of classical favorites and click or touch the play buttons to listen to a few.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Sheep May Safely Graze
Well-Tempered Clavier Preludes and Fugues
Béla Bartók
Roumanian Folk Dances
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 (Allegro)
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor
Frédéric Chopin
Fantaisie-Impromptu
Waltzes
Preludes
Mazurkas
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1
Franz Liszt
Concert Etude “Un Sospiro”
Consolations No. 3
Schubert Serenade
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32 No. 12
Franz Schubert
Impromptus Op. 90
Robert Schumann
Arabesque
Kinderszenen
Alexander Scriabin
Poem in F-sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1