In 1980, Evelyn Miller, pianist, devoted teacher, and visionary, realized her dream to establish a concert series for young (under 35) international artists – the YOUNG PIANIST SERIES. Since its beginning, more than 110 concert pianists from all over the world have performed on this unique series.
1980 – David Northington, Gary Steigerwalt, Cynthia Meechem
1981 – Ana-Maria Vera, James Barbagallo, Enrique Graf
1982 – Robert McDonald, Laura Murray, Boris Slutsky
1983 – Merai Guneymanm, Alvin/Alan Chow (duets), Michael Lewin
1984 – Diana Kaeso, James Barbagallo (return), Alexander Kuzmin, Janine Fialkowska (benefit)
1985 – Fei-Ping Hsu, Fredrick Moyer, Angela Chang
1986 – Stephen Drury, Jeffrey Biegel, Paul Mailet
1987 – Nina Kennedy, Arthur Greene, Jeffrey Biegel (return)
1988 – Diane Hidy, Eduardus Halim, David Wehr
1989 – Alan Chow (return), David Korevaar, William Wolfram
1990 – Emily White, Haesun Paik, Kevin Kenner
1991 – Christopher Taylor, Jose Carlos Cocarelli, Edith Chen
1992 – Anthony Padilla, Jennifer Hayghe, Ilya Itin
1993 – Hie-Yon Choi, Anthony Hewitt, Daniel Shapiro
1994 – Hie-Yon Choi (return), Angela Hewitt, Andrew Russo
1995 – Seung-Un Ha, Mark Anderson, Andrew Park
1996 – Dimitrij Teterin, Mikhall Yanovitsky, Inna Faliks
1997 – Esther Budiardjo, Jeni Kim, Rachel Franklin
1998 – Christopher Harding, Petronel Malan, Jonathan Biss
1999 – Lori Sims, Christopher Falzone, Andrey Ponochevny
2000 – Marina Lomazov, Alex McDonald, Antonio Pompa-Baldi
2001 – Marina Lomazov (return), Sergiy Komirenko, Cuong Van
2002 – Edisher Savitski, Roberto Plano, Pallavi Mahidhara
2003 – Konstantin Soukhovetski, Cedric Pescia, Deondra and Desirae Brown
2004 – Desirae and Deondra Brown (return), Chu-Fang Huang, Soyeon Lee, Alexander Lue
2005 – Inna Faliks (return), Ning An, Andrew Le
2006 – Katherine Chi, Spencer Myer, Di Wu, The 5 Browns (benefit)
2007 – Soyeon Lee (return), Joe Liccardo, Stephen Beus (snowed out)
2008 – Spencer Myer (return), Stephen Beus (return), Sara Daneshpour
2009 – Sara Daneshpour (return), Konstantin Soukhovetski (return), Elizabeth Schumann
2010 – Alexander Ghindin, Chetan Tierra, Di Wu (return)
2011 – Dmitri Levkovich, Spencer Myer (return), Roberto Plano (return)
2012 – Eric Zuber, Evgheny Brakhman, Spencer Myer (return)
2013 – Steven Lin, Vivian Choi, Jin Uk Kim
2014 – Tanya Gabrielian, Yekwon Sunwoo, Jiayan Sun
2015 – Ching-Yun Hu, Steven Lin (return), Shen Lu
2016 – Josh Wright, Mayuki Miyashita, Jiayan Sun (return)
2017 – Chang-Yong Shin, Jie Yuan, Tristan Teo
2018 – Shijun Wang, Peng Cao, Igor Lipinski
2019 – Elliot Wuu, László Váradi, Ray Ushikubo
2020 – Alvin Zhu, Alexey Trushechkin, Tianxu An
2021 – No concerts due to pandemic
2022 – No concerts due to pandemic
2023 – Hanbo Ma, Katherine Benson
2024 – Greg Hartmann, Haruki Takeuchi
Make a Contribution
YPS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. If you wish to make a contribution to our series your name will be printed in our programs and the amount is tax-deductible.
Concert Venue
YPS concerts are held at the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall (in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center on the University of Tennessee campus).
1741 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996
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Parking is generally available free of charge in Parking Lot #23, located adjacent to the rear of the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. On special occasions, there may be a parking attendant at the entrance of the lot, requiring the purchase of a special permit parking fee for the lot. The G 16 garage across the street from the Haslam Music Center is also usually available (if no sports events). Parking is also available on the streets surrounding the Music Center.
