Master Class with Temirzhan Yerzhanov
Sunday, 2/23/2025 at 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm.
San Francisco Steinway Piano Gallery (647 Mission Street) and Walnut Creek Steinway Piano Gallery (1605 Bonanza Street)
This event is open to all MTAC member and students to observe at both Bay Area STEINWAY & SONS locations for free.
We are accepting four intermediate students this year. Registration is open and on a first-come-first-served basis. Cost $100 per student.
All observers please RSVP for free through the Teacher-Event-Registration tab.
Named ‘Best Performer of Year’ by San Francisco Classical Voice, pianist and conductor Temirzhan Yerzhanov launched his career by winning the First Prize and Gold Medal at the International Robert Schumann Piano Competition in Zwickau, Germany, and went on performing in 14 countries including at New York Carnegie Hall Auditorium Stern, Berlin Konzerthaus, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Wigmore Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Dresden Sempergalerie, Paris Salle Pleyel, St. Petersburg Grand Philharmonic Hall, just to name a few notable venues.
As a conductor he performed with Kazakh Philharmonic Orchestra, Google Orchestra, Capital Philharmonia Brasilia, Kazakh National Opera, Astana Opera, Orchestra Gradus ad Parnassum, and Ópera Cultura where currently he is a Music Director. A graduate from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he studied with the legendary Professor Mikhail Voskresensky, he was a faculty member of his alma mater before immigrating to the USA.
His students won top prizes at such competitions as The Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, The Tchaikovsky in Moscow, The Vianna da Motta in Macau, The Alessandro Casagrande in Terni, The AXA in Dublin, The Lev Vlasenko in Brisbane, competitions in Porto and Epinal, the US Open Music Competition in Oakland; American Protégé Competition in New York. He has given master classes at the Western Washington University, Bellingham; Universidade de Brasília, Brazil; Yantai University, China; California State University, Sacramento; Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty.
Holiday Branch Recital Registration Deadline
Recital Application Procedure & Guidelines:
Please read the SF Branch Recital Guidelines for more information on performer attire, etiquette, and other information..
Submit your student's recital application online.
After completing the recital application, click the SUBMIT button and you will be redirected to the payment page.
One application per student.
Pieces must be timed accurately. Performance time per student is limited to 7 minutes; 12 minutes for advanced repertoire.
A confirmation email will be sent once your registration has been processed.
November Branch Recital Registration Deadline
Recital Application Procedure & Guidelines:
Please read the SF Branch Recital Guidelines for more information on performer attire, etiquette, and other information..
Submit your student's recital application online.
After completing the recital application, click the SUBMIT button and you will be redirected to the payment page.
One application per student.
Pieces must be timed accurately. Performance time per student is limited to 7 minutes; 12 minutes for advanced repertoire.
A confirmation email will be sent once your registration has been processed.
Happy Hour Bingo at Steinway Gallery
The Steinway Gallery invites MTAC-SF Branch Teachers to a hosted Bingo Night, complete with wine and hors d'oeuvres! After the game and mingling, teachers are invited to perform some music (in any stage of preparation) for each other.
RSVP by Oct 13th, 2024
October Branch Recital Registration Deadline
Recital Application Procedure & Guidelines:
Please read the SF Branch Recital Guidelines for more information on performer attire, etiquette, and other information..
Submit your student's recital application online.
After completing the recital application, click the SUBMIT button and you will be redirected to the payment page.
One application per student.
Pieces must be timed accurately. Performance time per student is limited to 7 minutes; 12 minutes for advanced repertoire.
A confirmation email will be sent once your registration has been processed.
General Meeting
We welcome all members to attend our 2nd and last general meeting for 2023-24, which will include a short lecture by MTAC-SF Branch member Amy Stephens on Improvisation for Intermediate Students, as well as board elections for 2024-25.
Intermediate Four-Hand Masterclass
Join us for a wonderful day of music making with Hukum Singh Khalsa!
Pianist Hukum Singh Khalsa, a Colorado native, has performed all over the United States and Italy. He has served as an opera coach and collaborative pianist for the students and faculty at Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, taught voice and piano at Arapahoe Community College, and has run a private piano teaching studio for over twenty years. Hukum often collaborates with the Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver and performs regularly as a part of Duo Semaphore, a Colorado-based piano duo with fellow pianist Rachael Hutchings.
Mr. Khalsa received his formal education at the University of Colorado Boulder where he studied languages, early music, electronic music and piano performance. He has has studied with include Larry Graham, Miyoko Lotto, Robert Spillman, Rami Bar-Niv, and Alice Rybak. Along with his work as a passionate music educator, Mr. Khalso is also a teacher and practitioner of Kundalini Yoga/meditation and Sat Nam Rasayan (a healing modality).
Piano duet Rachael Hutchings & Hukum Singh is performing a four-hand program on March 24, 2024 in San Francisco.
