Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano

Dr. Christina Wright-Ivanova, hailed by critics as “a brilliant pianist” (Wiener Zeitung, Vienna) and an “ideal partner” (Huffington Post), is an Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Keene State College. From 2014-2024 she served as the Artistic Director for the North End Music & Performing Arts Winter Concert Series in Boston. She recently held the Interim Artistic Director position at the Redfern Arts Center and served on faculty at New England Conservatory as a vocal coach for graduate students. Dr. Wright-Ivanova spends her summers at Colorado’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice and has premiered over 150 works by living composers. She has performed new works in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Berklee School of Music, MIT, The Harvard Club, Opera America (NY), and in Concert Series across the US. Recent international concert performances at the Berlin Art Song Festival, Teatro Sociale in Como, Reaktorhalle (Munich), Humboldt University, École Normale Supérieure Lyon, Joanneumsviertel Museum, and Schloss Frohnburg (Salzburg). The 2025-26 season includes international concerts in venues such as Lago di Como’s Sala Bianca, Vivace Vilnius Festival (Lithuania) and the Rodi Conservatory (Italy), as well as master classes at the University of Southern California, Boston Conservatory, and Clark University. As a chamber musician, she has been heard in over 25 countries throughout North & South America, UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She enjoys frequent performances with orchestral musicians, including members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Kansas City Symphony, and with the Apple Hill, Lydian, and MIVOS Quartets. She regularly adjudicates chamber music and piano festivals nationally and internationally, and has given master classes across the US, Europe, and China.