International pianist and educator Dr. Matthew Glenn Quick enjoys an active career across the globe. He began his piano studies at the age of six, and throughout his youth was a prize winner in numerous competitions. His performances have been hailed as “electrifying,” “one revelation after another,” and “a major triumph of imagination and execution.” As one of the more versatile artists of his generation, he not only appears as a solo artist, but has conducted, coached, and collaborated with orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs, and other soloists from around the world. He has been invited as a guest artist and visiting professor to esteemed international music festivals in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and he is a frequent judge for regional, national, and international competitions. His recordings have been aired numerous times across the U.S. on National Public Radio as well as in Europe. Dr. Quick is currently Foreign Expert Artist-in-Residence in the piano department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, holding the distinction of being the first and only foreigner appointed to their piano faculty. In addition to this position, he serves as chairman of the jury for the International Brahms Competition in Shanghai.

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Dr. Quick earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Vanderbilt University, during which time he won the concerto competition, was awarded the David Rabin Prize for excellence in musical performance, was invited to tour China with the orchestra, was elected to the National Dean’s List, and graduated with highest honors. He continued his studies at the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, earning both his Master’s and Doctorate of Musical Arts. He pursued his major piano studies with Dr. Craig Nies and Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, themselves students of late masters of the Curtis and Juilliard schools including Rudolf Serkin, Claude Frank, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, and Adele Marcus. His doctoral research centered on the music of Mussorgsky, culminating in a dissertation that shed new light on Pictures at an Exhibition by exploring its relationship with Russian vocal literature. He currently serves on the editorial board of the international core music journal Accelerando, and his scholarly writing has been published in the U.S., Europe, and on the ProQuest Global Database.