Praised for her “exquisite sensitivity” and a “style filled with class and elegance” by La Voz de Asturias (Asturias, Spain) and recognized as a “talented player who doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold” by Lucid Culture (New York City), American pianist Amy E. Gustafson has performed across the United States and in both Western and Eastern Europe. Her debut album, Reverie, consists of music by Claude Debussy and was released in June 2017.
Recent performances include replacing legendary pianist Abbey Simon in Los Angeles at LACMA’s series, Sundays Live, an appearance with the Sofia Sinfionetta in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a concert tour in Dallas, Texas with her piano duo, Duo Azul. Other recent engagements have taken her to Spain, China, and Canada, and she has also performed New York City venues, such as Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Trinity Church Wall Street, the Tenri Cultural Institute, CAMI Hall and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Born into a musical family, her talent was evident at an early age, and she received much of her beginning piano instruction from her grandmother. By the age of 15, she had won several local competitions, including MTNA’s Baldwin Competition, and her success led her to move to New York City to continue her studies.
Since then, Gustafson has won numerous awards, including the second prize in the International Young Artists Piano Competition, second prize in the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Competition, and the Special Presentation Award and the Alumni Award from Artists International Presentations, Inc.
Gustafson completed her studies at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. Her major teachers have included Julian Martin, Andre-Michel Schub, Anton Nel, Constance Keene, and Miyoko Lotto, and she has benefited from the advice of many renowned pedagogues, including Solomon Mikowsky, Arie Vardi, Veda Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, Paul Badura-Skoda, Marc Durand, Martin Canin, Leslie Howard, and Luiz de Moura Castro.
In addition to her performing career, Gustafson is on the piano faculty at Millersville University and Elizabethtown College. She is Executive Director and Faculty of the Gijón International Piano Festival in Gijón, Spain, as well as the Director of the Palmetto International Piano Festival in South Carolina. Previously, Dr. Gustafson directed The Stony Brook International Piano Festival in Stony Brook, New York.
Amy E. Gustafson is a Yamaha Artist.
Upcoming Events
November 18, 2023 - University Center,...Guest Artist Performance at Saginaw Valley State University's Pi
Past Events
September 18, 2023 -
All-Faculty Recita... August 17, 2023 -
Outreach Concert t... July 03, 2023 -
Palmetto Internati... March 29, 2023 -
Outreach Concert f... July 20, 2022 -
Solo Recital of Pi... May 08, 2022 -
Solo Recital of Pi... April 24, 2022 -
Duo Azul Recital w... April 08, 2022 -
Duo Azul Recital w... April 03, 2022 -
Solo Recital of Pi... April 01, 2022 -
Solo Recital of Pi... December 07, 2021 -
Master Class December 06, 2021 -
Master Class April 14, 2019 -
Recital of Piano ... April 07, 2019 -
Recital of Piano M... April 07, 2019 -
Recital of Piano M... April 02, 2019 -
Recital of Piano M... March 19, 2019 -
DUO AZUL in concer... March 17, 2019 -
DUO AZUL in Concer... February 02, 2019 -
Master Class October 29, 2017 -
Duo Azul in Recita... August 2, 2017 -
Lecture Presentati... June 9, 2017 -
"Reverie" CD Relea... November 16, 2016 -
"A Child's Wonder"... November 11, 2016 -
"A Child's Wonder" May 20, 2016 -
Faculty Focus Reci... March 20, 2016 -
Sundays Live February 16, 2016 -
Recital of Piano M... November 12, 2015 -
Duo Azul in Recita... February 27, 2015 -
Color in Sound: Th... September 28, 2014 -
Duo Azul Concert September 26, 2014 -
Duo Azul Concert May 8, 2014 -
Duo Azul Concert w... April 23, 2014 -
Solo Recital April 21, 2014 -
Solo Recital April 6, 2014 -
Preludes and Suite... December 2, 2013 -
Piano Masterclass November 28, 2013 -
Solo Recital November 26, 2013 -
88 Concert Tour wi... November 22, 2013 -
Piano Masterclass November 21, 2013 -
Lecture and Piano ... November 20, 2013 -
Lecture and Piano ... November 18, 2013 -
Solo Recital November 17, 2013 -
Lecture October 24, 2013 -
Master Class July 1, 2013 -
Solo Recital at Th... June 16, 2013 -
Faculty Focus: All... April 12, 2013 -
Jury member at the... March 9, 2013 -
Piano Project October 10, 2012 -
Amy Gustafson in c... March 4, 2012 -
"Piano Gems" February 23, 2012 -
Master Class as pa... November 18, 2011 -
Amy Gustafson in R... October 21, 2011 -
Solo Recital "Jour... September 9, 2010 -
Solo Recital, "Con... August 18, 2010 -
Solo Recital November 20, 2009 -
DUO AZUL: "America... November 16, 2009 -
Amy Gustafson in R... November 15, 2009 -
Amy Gustafson in R... November 13, 2009 -
Solo Recital November 10, 2009 -
Amy Gustafson in R... November 6, 2009 -
Visiting Artist Re... November 5, 2009 -
Guest Artist Recit... February 15, 2009 -
Solo Recital February 17, 2008 -
Arists Internation...
