Biography

Since beginning piano studies at age three, Kristin Stephenson has won numerous awards, including first prize in the International Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington, D.C. Ms. Stephenson is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert McDonald and Yoheved Kaplinsky. She pursues post-graduate studies with Julia Bernstein and Zitta Zohar.

With more than fifteen years of teaching experience, Ms. Stephenson devotes substantial energy to her pedagogical approach and the development of her students. She currently teaches in her private studio and at the Trinity Music Academy in Concord, New Hampshire. Her students have won numerous awards at competitions, including the Granite State Auditions, Connecticut International Young Artist Competition, and Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition. Ms. Stephenson serves regularly as an adjudicator and has performed in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and in Spain and Germany.