Dr. Robert Swan
Piano lessons with Dr. Robert Swan
Robert Swan is a successful concert pianist, whose artistry has created an internationally renowned career. Even before his solo recital debut in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City and London’s Wigmore Hall, he was performing throughout the United States as recitalist and soloist with major orchestras. In all, Dr. Swan has performed 22 different concerti. He has performed across America, at The White House, and in England, Taiwan, and Korea.
Dr. Swan was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and began his piano studies at age 5. As an early teenager, he gave his orchestral debut with the Juniata College Symphony performing Mozart’s A Major Piano Concerto K. 488. He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music, Master of Music Degree from The Juilliard School and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Arizona. Major teachers include American pianists Earl Wild and Eugene List, Polish pianist, Mieczyslaw Munz, and the distinguished French pianist, Paul Doguereau. While serving in the U.S. Army he was a bandsman state-side and performed on electric piano with Dean Martin’s Golddiggers.
Dr. Swan is an adjunct Professor of Piano at Seattle Pacific University.