Brian Zeger, piano

Widely recognized as one of today’s leading collaborative pianists, Brian Zeger has performed with many of the world’s greatest singers including Marilyn Horne, Deborah Voigt, Anna Netrebko, Susan Graham, René Pape, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Piotr Beczala, Bryn Terfel, Joyce DiDonato, Denyce Graves and Adrianne Pieczonka in an extensive concert career has taken him to the premiere concert halls throughout the United States and abroad.

His recent recordings include A Lost World - Schubert Songs and Duets with Susanna Phillips and Shenyang; All Who Wander, a recital disc with Jamie Barton; Preludios - Spanish songs with Isabel Leonard; a recording of Strauss and Wagner lieder with Adrianne Pieczonka, and Dear Theo: 3 Song Cycles by Ben Moore with Paul Appleby, Susanna Phillips and Brett Polegato, all for the Delos label.

Highlights of recent seasons have included recitals with Deborah Voigt, collaborations with Susan Graham at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at Carnegie Hall; recitals with Anna Netrebko at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, with tenor Paul Appleby as part of the Bard Music Festival and at the Schubertiade Festival with Adrianne Pieczonka; and two concert series where he served as both pianist and curator: Juilliard Songfest at Alice Tully Hall and Delacroix and Music at Metropolitan Museum of Art with mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey.

Born in upstate New York, Mr. Zeger is now a resident of Manhattan. He holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Harvard College, a master's degree from The Juilliard School, and a doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music. His important teachers have included Morris Borenstein, Sascha Gorodnitzki and Nina Svetlanova.