A native New Yorker, Emily Martin has performed as a solo pianist and chamber musician for audiences near and far. She has performed in the United States and internationally at venues such as Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, Tenri Cultural Institute, the Teatro Vittorio Alfieri, and at numerous events held by Mayor Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion. A graduate of New York University, Emily received her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance in 2019 under the tutelage of Eteri Andjaparidze. During this time, Emily was also an instructor at NYU on the Adjunct Faculty in Private Piano. She received her Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude from New York University in 2015, where she studied with Seymour Bernstein.
In 2020, Emily co-founded and served as Artistic Director of A Classical Quarantine, a virtual piano concert series designed to bring music to audience’s homes during the Coronavirus Pandemic. The previous year, Emily performed a debut recital of American music at the Dorflinger Factory Museum in White Mills, Pennsylvania. The concert was extraordinarily well-received and featured works by Edward MacDowell, Marion Bauer, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Danielpour, and Mason Bates. Spring 2018 marked Emily’s first appearance at the Dorflinger, with an exciting collaborative recital entitled An Evening with Emily Martin and Friends. The concert featured Kazimierz Serocki's Sonatina for Trombone and Piano, four-hand works including Antonin Dvorak's Slavonic Dance Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor and Francis Poulenc's Sonata for Piano Four Hands, and Johannes Brahms' powerful Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 for Piano and Violoncello.
Emily has attended numerous music festivals, including Winter Harbor Music Festival; Killington Music Festival; Burgos International Music Festival; International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy; and Gijon International Piano Festival. In the summer of 2014, Emily was one of two pianists selected as an Artist-in-Resident at the 40th season of Manchester Music Festival, a six-week concert series in Manchester, Vermont, where she performed numerous monumental chamber works with colleagues from around the world.
A private teacher in Manhattan, Emily is an educator of students of all ages and skill levels. She currently teaches privately and at The Spence School.
Her composition Three Spanish Sketches, was inspired by her wanderings in Asturias, Spain.
Home, Bio, Repertoire, and Contact page photos courtesy of Brittany Florenz
