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Guest artist recital: Liza Stepanova, piano 1/27/26

Guest artist recital: Liza Stepanova, piano 1/27/26

Due to the extreme weather and campus closure, this concert is cancelled. 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026  •  3 p.m.

The Ohio State University School of Music
Timashev Recital Hall
 

Program


Toccata in C major, Op. 7

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)


Six Variations on “Salve du Domine”

from the opera I filosofi immaginari by Paisiello, K. 398

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)


The Way North (2017)

Reinaldo Moya  (b. 1984)

VIII. Rain Outside the Church


Wanderer-Fantasy in C major, D. 760

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)


—INTERMISSION—


September. At the River

from Das Jahr (The Year)

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)


Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)


Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Largo
Finale: Presto non tanto 
 

About the Artist

Praised by The New York Times for her “thoughtful musicality” and “fleet-fingered panache,” pianist Liza Stepanova is in demand as a soloist, collaborator and educator. This past season, she performed and taught at the Bowdoin, Brevard, Music in May (Santa Cruz, CA) and Songfest at Pomona College summer festivals, directed the Chamber Music Athens Festival, and hosted the 2024 American Liszt Society National Conference. She continues to tour as a founding member of the Lysander Piano Trio, now in its second decade, at prominent concert series around the US and Canada.

Following teaching positions at The Juilliard School and Smith College, she joined the faculty at the University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson School of Music in 2015 and was promoted to the rank of Professor of Piano, beginning August 2025. 

Visit Liza Stepanova 
 

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