Chautauqua Piano Program
June 28–August 2, 2025
NEW for 2025: All enrolled Piano Program students will receive a full scholarship covering the cost of tuition, room and meals.
The Chautauqua Piano Program is a highly selective and dynamic five week program for 20 pianists, ages 18–28. Combining an impressive roster of resident and guest faculty with unmatched practice and performance facilities, the program attracts young pianists from all over the globe. Students will have solo and chamber music performance opportunities, plentiful private lessons, and faculty-led discussions and master classes focused on advanced pianistic growth and building a career path.
A special feature of the Chautauqua Piano experience is the depth of student interaction with each one of our faculty. The program is carefully curated to be more intimate, centering deep conversations and fostering real relationships. Each student will have the time and opportunity to forge connections that will become part of their lifelong music community.
Apply
Applications for the 2025 Chautauqua Piano program are due by Feb. 1. Please submit video recordings of unedited live performances; solo or piano concerto repertoire only.
Cost & General Information
As one of only four official Steinway summer programs, the Chautauqua Summer Festival maintains a first-rate fleet of Steinway grand pianos for practice, lessons, and performance.
Faculty
Guest and resident faculty provide a weekly foundation of lessons, complemented by master classes and performance classes that explore a variety of approaches to music, to pianism, and to interpretation.
Lessons and Master Classes
Resident faculty provide regular lessons and classes, while our series of weekly guests, available to all students, will bring an inspiring mix of fresh and diverse perspectives.
Performance Opportunities
Pianists will have solo and collaborative opportunities each week of the festival, in venues ranging from the intimacy of the Sherwood-Marsh piano studios to the grandeur of the 4,000-seat amphitheater.