About the​ artists

Peter Vingrade

An outstanding interpreter of J.S. Bach and contemporary composers, pianist Peter Vinograde regularly tours the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Recent seasons featured performances in Nanjing, Rome, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Singapore, Taipei, and Xiamen. More recently, he recorded Arnold Rosner’s Piano Concerto #2 with the London Philharmonic, and gave two recitals and a master class at the new Usina Art Center in Buenos Aires. In March 2019, a National Gallery recital featured the seven Bach Toccatas. 2024 features performances in Canada and Italy, including Kenneth Laufer’s 200 Years: A History of the United States from 1776-1976.

As a chamber musician, Peter Vinograde has appeared at the Bard, Bargemusic, Caramoor, and Wolftrap Festivals.  As a collaborative artist, he toured throughout Asia with violinist Midori, including her Singapore debut, also performing with her at the Cape Cod and Mostly Mozart Festivals.

His numerous distinctions began with first prize in the 1971 J.S. Bach International Competition, followed by a New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall and an N.E.A.-sponsored Lincoln Center recital at Alice Tully Hall. He has been featured on NPR's Performance Today and CBC-TV's the Journal. CDs include releases on the Albany, CBC, Decca and Phoenix labels. His primary teacher was Zenon Fishbein.

In conjunction with his Bach for Pianists class at the Manhattan School of Music, Dr. Vinograde annually presents Bach recital/lectures at conservatories and universities, this past season at Juilliard, Oberlin, and Northwestern.

For more information, please visit petervinograde.com

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Madeline Golz

Cellist Madeleine Golz studied at California State University, Northridge and received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. Her teachers include Ardyth Alton, Gabor Rejto, Peter Rejto, and Scott Ballantyne. She studied chamber music with Raphael Bronstein, Joseph Seiger and Artur Balsam. A participant in many music festivals, both in the U.S. and in Europe, she is an active chamber musician and recitalist and frequently appears with the “Golz Duo” along with her sister, pianist Evelyn Golz. Ms. Golz heads the cello department at The Thurnauer School of Music in New Jersey and is the former director of the East Harlem Public School Cello Program in New York City, sponsored by the Opus 118 Music Center.

From 1993–1999, Ms. Golz was on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. She has also taught and performed at the Kent-Silver Bay Summer Music Festival in Connecticut and the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival and Institute in New York and is currently a member of the artist faculty of the Amati Music Festival. Her students have been featured on Sesame Street and the Nickelodeon Network, have won many prizes in local, national and international competitions, and have gone on to study at some of the country’s most prestigious music schools.

For more information, please visit msmnyc.edu/faculty/madeleine-golz