ABOUT: Roger Peltzman
Roger is a pianist and teacher in New York City. Amongst his many public performances, Roger has played to sold out audiences at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York's cutting edge venue—Le Poisson Rouge and in Europe. Roger has also played chamber music and solo repertoire at The Third Street Music School where he is a member of the faculty. Music has always played a large part in Roger's life. His first memory is of the Beatles playing on The Ed Sullivan show in 1964.
Roger attended SUNY Binghamton where he graduated with honors in both Music and Cinema. It was there that he studied piano with famed pedagogue Seymour Fink.
“His sense of line and continuity are impeccable”
— Gramophone
While at Binghamton he received the music faculty award. Roger Peltzman received his Masters in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music where he was a student of Zenon Fishbein. After graduating from school he worked as a recording engineer and record producer. His production work garnered praise from many publications including The Atlantic Monthly and the Chicago Tribune. Currently, Roger is being coached by pianist Edmund Arkus.
In 2014 Roger released a CD, Dedication: Roger Peltzman Plays Chopin (Astre Records), which was recorded at the famed Brussels Conservatory of Music and hailed by Gramophone Magazine. This is the same venue where his Uncle Norbert Stern performed and won several piano competitions while he was a student at the school. Tragically, Norbert died at age 21 in Auschwitz. The recording is not just a document of Roger’s interpretations of works by Chopin but also an act of remembrance for his Uncle. The CD has gotten much airplay on WQXR - FM, WFUV - FM, Radio France, and has received praise from publications in both the U.S and Europe.