Susan Starr, piano

International concert and recording artist, Starr was the winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She has made appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago, Minnesota, Washington National, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras. Starr also has served as an artist-in-residence and piano professor at the Florida International University in Miami. Her other positions include serving as a faculty member at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and New Jersey, and as a distinguished professor at Rutgers University. She is the Carl Zwinck Faculty Artist Chair. Starr joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1983.