07/19/2026
Dr Daniel Linder: one of our Sonare Int'l Piano Competition preliminary judges:
Praised as a “pianistic chameleon” (Fanfare), Daniel Linder is a versatile pianist, chamber
musician, and teaching artist. He has performed solo and collaborative recitals to high acclaim in
venues across the United States and in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Spain, and the
United Kingdom. Recent accolades include the Fresno Musical Club Susan Torres Award, and
prizes in the James Ramos International Competition, the Seattle International Piano
Competition, and the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, among others.
Recent highlights include concerto performances with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the
Tucson Repertory Orchestra, solo and chamber music performances for the Ávila International
Music Festival (Spain), Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (Tucson, AZ), Festival de Piano
Rosita Renard (Santiago, Chile), London Festival for American Music (U.K.), and the Red
Rocks Music Festival (Sedona, AZ) and other series, the world premiere of Kay He’s multimedia
work Lost in Colors, and collaboration with the Russian String Orchestra in a performance of
Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso No. 1. After his performance of Bell Illuminations by
Augusta Read Thomas, the composer praised his “vivid, elegant, nuanced, and colorful” pianism.
Dr. Linder is an active recording artist, and his newest release on the Navona label (January
2025) includes three piano sonatas by Berg, Beethoven, and Copland. He is also featured on
Metropolis: The Piano Music of Joshua Nichols (Summit Records, 2023), and his recordings of
solo and duo piano works by Daniel Asia are included on Ivory II (Summit Records, 2021). He
appears with bassoonists William Dietz and Scott Pool on A Second Look (Soundset Recordings,
2022) and with oboist Sara Fraker and clarinetist Jackie Glazier on Johanna Beyer: Music for
Woodwinds (New World Records, 2022).
Dr. Linder is Associate Professor of Practice in Piano at the University of Arizona School of
Music in Tucson, Arizona. He has presented lectures on piano pedagogy and music teaching and
learning at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), the North Texas
International Piano Symposium (NTIPS), and state and national conferences of the Music
Teacher’s National Association (MTNA). His article, A Multisensory Approach to Memorization
was named ‘Article of the Year’ by CAPMT Connect, the e-Journal of the California Association
of Professional Music Teachers. Dr. Linder is in demand as a master class clinician and
adjudicator throughout North and South America and in Europe.
Daniel was named Outstanding D.M.A. Graduate by the Keyboard Studies Department of USC’s
Thornton School of Music. Before moving to Los Angeles to complete his D.M.A. in piano
performance, he earned a M.M in piano performance from the University of Arizona, and both a
B.M. in piano performance and a B.A. in history from Northwestern University. His principal
teachers are Bernadene Blaha, Dr. John Milbauer, Alan Chow, and Dr. Rose Chancler. Daniel
grew up in the Adirondacks of northeastern New York.
Please visit www.drlpianist.com for more information including recordings and performance
