Robert Roux

Robert Roux began his career at age 10 with a performance on the nationally televised Lawrence Welk Show. Since that time, he has been a winner of several piano competitions in the United States, including the United States Information Agency's Artistic Ambassador Competition and the International Piano Recording Competition. A Steinway artist, Dr. Roux has performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Stude Concert Hall in Houston, St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music and Villa Pignatelli in Naples. He has toured as a recitalist and concerto soloist in 16 countries, and has been lauded for his interpretations of classic Viennese compositions and works by Franz Liszt, among others.

Dr. Roux's students have been frequent prize winners and award recipients at the national and international level. He has been featured as a master teacher at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference and has also taught on the faculty of the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, where he took over John Perry's class in 1995. He has been Associate Director of the Prague International Piano Masterclasses since 1997 and has served on the faculty of the prestigious Van Cliburn Institute, Moscow International Piano Masterclasses, Paris International Piano Sessions and Association of German Music Schools. His list of teachers and coaches includes Lili Kraus, Adele Marcus, William Race and Leonard Shure. He is listed in Who's Who in America and is also interviewed as one of the top teachers in Benjamin Saver's publication, The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA.

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