Myriam Avalos
“Passion and power, expression and sensitivity.”
~The Times, London
Words used in praise of Myriam Avalos. Her performances and clinics throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia have earned her critical acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue.
ABOUT MYRIAM AVALOS
Dr. Avalos is a collaborative pianist at the Kennedy Center, maintains a private studio in Northern Virginia, and is a guest faculty and performing artist at festivals in the United States, Europe and Latin America.
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Myriam Avalos was born in Peru and began her piano studies at the age of two. At three, she gave her first public performance and was admitted to the National Conservatory of Music in her native city of Lima. Her teachers there were the legendary Luisa Negri and Teresa Quesada. Dr. Avalos studied in the United States with the distinguished pianists Frank Glazer, Ellen Mack, Menahem Pressler, Marilyn Neeley and Harvey Wedeen, and in England, with Hungarian pianist Louis Kentner.
Dr. Avalos made her orchestral debut with the National Symphony of Peru at the age of twelve. She was awarded a full scholarship to the Eastman School of Music, where she earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in three years. As she furthered her studies at The Peabody Conservatory, Temple University and Catholic University, she earned a second master’s degree in Piano Pedagogy and a Doctoral Degree in Chamber Music.
Appearances and broadcasts include the Phillips Collection, Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Concert Series, Purcell Room in London, Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Voice of the OAS, San Antonio Festival, WGMS Radio, Teatro Municipal de Lima and two State Department-sponsored tours of China and Brazil as an Artistic Ambassador.
For her pedagogy, Steinway & Sons recognized Dr. Avalos with the Top Teacher Award for outstanding instruction and leadership in piano education. In 2004, Dr. Avalos was conferred the title of Peruvian Cultural Ambassador. Her mission is to promote and expand the arts in Peru, and to expose and exchange Peruvian artists and students throughout the world.
PERFORMANCE & TEACHING
WHAT WE DO
“Music is a triangle: the composer, the interpreter and the listener. We need each other to complete the message.”
~Myriam Avalos
PERFORMANCE
Dr. Avalos is an avid performer, as soloist and as a chamber musician. She believes that music is to be heard — to be felt — whether it is in a large concert hall or in an intimate salon.
TEACHING
Dr. Avalos believes everybody can learn to play, to express in their unique voice. Music is a language, and we need to discover its meaning through skills, consistency, identification, internalization, and then, transcendence.
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CODE KNOWLEDGE
DESIGN SKILLS
Testimonials
The Washington Post
The Times of London
Jane Bowyer Stewart, First Violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra
First Violinist
National Symphony Orchestra
El Commercio of Lima
Charles Wetherbee
Concertmaster
Boulder Philharmonic, Founder and First Violin at Carpe Diem String Quartet
Rosita Mang
Past President, Washington Music Association
NCTM
Daniel Labb
Pianist and Composer
Martha Smith
Past President Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association
NCTM
Steve Hendrickson
Principal Trumpet
National Symphony Orchestra
Robert Snyder
Jane Bowyer Stewart
First Violinist
National Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Horowitz
NCTM
