Preliminary round judge
Elisabeth Pridonoff was for thirty-five years Professor of Piano and Duo-in-Residence with Eugene Pridonoff at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Now Emerita Professor of Piano at UC-CCM, she is on the faculty of the Arizona Piano Institute and Artist-in-Residence at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Former students were first place winners in the Second International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, Ukraine, Missouri Southern International, Ninth Biennial American Pianists Association National Piano Fellowship Auditions, Shreveport Wideman, and Midland-Odessa competitions and according to the September 2022 MTNA e-JOURNAL are among the most tenured and tenure-track piano performance faculty in the United States from leading teachers and institutions.
Formerly Co-Artistic Director of the Prague International Piano Institute, she has served on the faculties of the Brevard Festival, International Piano Week of Belgium, the Barcelona Festival, and the Amalfi Festival. A graduate of The Julliard School, Elisabeth Pridonoff is a Steinway Artist and has recorded for Centaur, Toccata Classics, and ablaze Records.