Classical Pianist and Teacher - University of Washington
Patricia Michaelian has been a member of the piano faculty at the University of Washington since 1984. A native of San Francisco, she began piano studies at the age of three. Her early training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Adolf Baller led to acceptance at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia when she was fifteen. Her teachers there included Eleanor Sokoloff, Mieczysław Horszowski and Rudolf Serkin.
Michaelian has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Great Britain, Australia and Asia. She has appeared in recital in major cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Lisbon, Manila, Bangkok and Hong Kong, and has been heard as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, San Diego Symphony, New Orleans Philharmonic, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Orchestra of the Philippines, and the Sydney Symphony, among others. As a pianist she has collaborated with many leading artists, appeared in concert with the Cleveland Quartet, and toured with members of New York’s Orpheus Ensemble.
