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The American pianist, Steven Beck, graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, where his teachers were Seymour Lipkin, Peter Serkin and Bruce Brubaker.
Steven Beck made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has toured Japan as soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. Other orchestras with which he has appeared include the New Juilliard Ensemble (under David Robertson), Sequitur, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Virginia Symphony.
Steven Beck has performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theater, Steinway Hall, Tonic, and Barbes, as well as on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles Series and WNYC; summer appearances have been at the Aspen Music Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Greenwich Music Festival, Woodstock Mozart Festival, and Wellesley Composers’ Conference. He is an Artist Presenter and regular performer at Bargemusic, performs frequently as a musician with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and has performed with the New York City Ballet. As an orchestral musician he has appeared as an orchestral keyboard player with with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra and many others.
An experienced performer of new music, Steven Beck worked with Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Henri Dutilleux, Fred Lerdahl, George Perle, and Charles Wuorinen, and has appeared with ensembles such as Speculum Musicae, Manhattan String Quartet, Pacifica String Quartet, Metropolis Ensemble, New York Philomusica, New York New Music Ensemble, Mosaic, Lyric Chamber Music Society, Omega Ensemble, Ensemble Sospeso, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Counterinduction, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, East Coast Composers’ Ensemble, Fountain Ensemble, Friends and Enemies of New Music, Lost Dog, and Antisocial Music. He is a member of the Da Capo Chamber Players, new music ensemble Future In Reverse (FIRE) as well as the notorious Knights of the Many-Sided Table and the Talea Ensemble. He is also a member of Quattro Mani, a piano duo specializing in contemporary music.
Pianist Steven Beck continues to gather acclaim for his performances and recordings. Recent career highlights include performances of L.v. Beethoven’s variations and bagatelles at Bargemusic, where he first performed the L.v. Beethoven sonata cycle. In the 2019-2020 season he performed Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and L.v. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. He also reprised his annual Christmas Eve performance of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) at Bargemusic, the Brooklyn-based venue that has become a New York institution.
Steven Beck's recordings are on the Albany, Bridge, Monument, Mulatta, and Annemarie Classics labels.His discography includes Peter Lieberson’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (for Bridge Records) and a recording of Elliott Carter’s Double Concerto on Albany Records. He is a Steinway Artist. He currently lives in New York City. |
