A specialist in contemporary music, pianist Steven Beck has collaborated with a long list of prominent composers and ensembles. He also performs traditional repertory, including Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, which he plays annually at Brooklyn, New York's floating venue Bargemusic.
Beck was born on January 21, 1978, in Springfield, Virginia. He attended the Juilliard School in New York, studying with Seymour Lipkin, Peter Serkin, and Bruce Brubaker. His debut came with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, and he toured Japan as a soloist with the New York Sym...