Dr. Stephen Olsen

Called “Superb” by the Boston Globe, pianist and teacher Stephen Olsen, D.M.A. commands a wide range of repertoire, from the standard classical repertoire to avant garde music of our time. 

A native of Renton, Washington, Olsen holds a Master’s degree and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from Stony Brook University. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Western Washington University in 2004. His most influential teachers have included German Diez, Jeffrey Gilliam, Margaret Brink and Stephen Drury.

As a teacher, Olsen has developed an international reputation, teaching master classes and piano lessons throughout the United States and in Asia. He regularly judges competitions, adjudicates young performers, and leads master classes. Recent highlights include a master class for pianists at Seattle University, college teaching in Xiamen, China, and private studio teaching in Beijing, China. from 2012-2017 he was piano faculty at the historic Greenwich House Music School in New York City, where he maintained a large teaching studio. Olsen has also taught music history and theory to undergraduates at Stony Brook University in New York.

In addition to teaching and performing, Olsen also serves as an adminstrator at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Hunter College in New York City.