Elizabeth Skavish
Piano
Elizabeth Skavish is a pianist of striking versatility. Her performance credits include solo recitals, concertos, chamber music, contemporary music and orchestral piano in venues including Symphony Hall, the Wang Theatre, Jordan Hall, Shalin Liu Performance Center and the French Library of Boston.
Ms. Skavish’s concerto performances have included appearances with the Collegium Musicum Schloss Pommersfelden in Germany, and the Ocean State Chamber Orchestra in Rhode Island. Ms. Skavish performs frequently with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra as an orchestral pianist.
She has had chamber music residencies at the Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory with Trio Capriccio, of which she was a founding member, and has collaborated with members of the Boston, Pittsburgh and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. She is also a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble. Ms. Skavish was invited to give a lecture recital by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston in Sanders Theatre on “Beethoven and the Development of the Piano”, and by the European Listening and Health Care conference in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on “Listening for Emotion in Music and Human Interaction.”
Ms. Skavish is a member of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School piano faculty and is a recipient of the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory. Her principal teachers have been Randall Hodgkinson, Joseph Schwartz, Eugene List, Peter Takács and Maria Caruso.
