Samuel Grodin

Pianist Samuel Grodin performs David Conte's Sonatine at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California on October 3, 2013. Samuel Grodin (born 1985) is an American pianist, lecturer and teacher. Grodin's teachers have included Nina Scolnik, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Antoinette Perry, Marc Durand, Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Mann, Craig Richey, and Lucinda Carver. He teaches piano at California State University, Long Beach.

Education Grodin attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and California State University, Long Beach as a President's Scholar, receiving a full-ride scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.

While a student at CSULB, Grodin studied with Craig Richey.

Following Cole Conservatory, Grodin was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was the recipient for the Harold W. Scheeline Piano Scholarship, in Piano Performance at the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California, studying under the acclaimed Dr. Lucinda Carver, and guest conductor at the LA Phil.

Awards 2003 Bellflower Symphony Concerto Competition – Winner 2008 Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition – Winner 2010 XIX Ibiza International Piano Competition – Special Prize Best performance of a contemporary work 2015 Classics Alive Artists – Honorable Mention 2015 Seattle International Piano Competition – Silver medalist Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - piano faculty

As a judge Jack Gard Music Competition – May 7, 2015, Grodin was one of three judges to choose winners of The Los Angeles Music and Art School's (LAMusArt) annual Jack Gard Music Competition.

As a performer Ensemble Parallele – in 2010, Grodin performed with Ensemble Parallele in San Francisco. The Trevor Project Benefit Concert – On April 30, 2011, Grodin and many of his SFCM colleagues performed in a concert to support the Trevor Project. Bob Cole Conservatory of Music – April 7, 2012, Grodin took part in the Multi-Piano Extravaganza

As a public speaker 2016 MTNA Collegiate Symposium – Lecture, The Value of Teaching Popular Music, January 16, 2016 Bob Cole Conservatory of Music – Alumni Lecture Recital, Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata, March 16, 2016