2023 Simon-Fiset Piano judge: Michael Seregow

Pianist Michael Seregow enjoys a multifaceted career as a performer, teacher, and recording artist. An avid chamber musician, he has received national and international recognition in addition to winning numerous prizes and competitions. In 2020 he was the winner of The American Prize in chamber music performance, and more recently in 2022 he was awarded 2nd prize in the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano’s International Collaborative Piano Competition.

Michael maintains a busy performance schedule, collaborating with internationally recognized artists throughout the world. Recent highlights include performances at the 18th Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón México in Mexico City, the 2nd International Conference on Women’s Work in Music in Wales, UK, as well as recitals in Costa Rica and Honduras.

This summer, Michael served as a conference pianist for the 2022 International Trombone Festival (Conway, AK). Michael has also performed at numerous national conferences within the United States including those for the North American Saxophone Alliance (Tempe, AZ), College Music Society (Louisville, KY), and National Flute Association (Salt Lake City, UT) in addition to performing as an invited guest artist at many colleges and universities across the country. In September of 2020, Michael released a CD recording project with flutist Sophia Tegart entitled Palouse Songbook on Centaur Records. This disc features new and recent compositions by women composers for flute and piano, including two new commissions, and was praised by American Record Guide as “a stunning set of performances by Tegart and Seregow” who are “at the top of their game.”

Currently a member of the piano faculty at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, he has also served on the keyboard faculties at Washington State University, University of Puget Sound, and University of Oregon. A sought-after pedagogue, he has presented on various piano-related topics and adjudicated throughout the United States as well as in Latin America. Michael earned graduate degrees from University of Oregon (MM and DMA in piano performance), and in the summer of 2011 he was invited to be a collaborative piano fellow at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA.