05/08/2026
❗️Introducing the final member of our International Concerto Competition jury:
Pianist Robert Grohman has been praised for his artistry and musical sensitivity and enjoys a career as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, and administrator. The New York Times critic James Oestreich wrote of one Carnegie Hall performance, “Grohman stood out among the players.” Grohman has performed in several venues in each of Vienna, Washington, D.C., and New York City, and appeared as a soloist with the Vienna International Orchestra, where his original cadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.467 was hailed by conductor Robert Lehrbaumer as “the best cadenza for this concerto that I’ve ever heard.” He has collaborated with Latin Grammy Award-winner Pedro Giraudo and the American Repertory Ballet at State Theater New Jersey. Other performances include solo recitals at Rutgers University and other venues around New Jersey. He also performed live on Chicago’s WFMT Radio, and was the piano teacher for Jessica Chastain in The Zookeeper’s Wife, as well as musical consultant to director Nikki Caro for the film.
Grohman’s article “Not the Slightest Reverberation: Did Mozart’s Fortepiano Lack Knee Levers?” was published in the Journal of Music Research from the National Taiwan Normal University. He has presented at conferences of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America, Rutgers University Musicological Society, and Vienna ConcertoFest.
Mr. Grohman received a DMA from Rutgers University, where he was awarded the Irene Alm Memorial Prize, the Music Department Award for excellence in performance, and the Rutgers Seminar Paper Prize. He previously studied at the Mannes College of Music, Manhattan School of Music, NJPAC, University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, and Northwestern University, where he earned both a BM and BA degree in Mathematics. He is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers, where he teaches applied piano and piano literature and where he serves as Graduate Coordinator and Piano Area Coordinator.
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