Ryan Senger —pianist, educator, and composer based in Chicago, Illinois.
A native of Lodi, Wisconsin, Senger is an active ambassador of the power of music.
Ryan Senger is a Midwestern classical pianist based in Chicago. Through dedicated work in the promotion of underperformed masterpieces and contemporary compositions, he broadens the commonly accepted understanding of the classical canon.
Senger is an active educator, improviser, arranger, and composer. In addition to working as a freelance pianist, he serves on the faculties of The Musical Offering, in Evanston, Illinois, and is the staff accompanist for the Chicago Waldorf School. He has served on the faculty of the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee, and as an instructor at the University of South Florida, in Tampa.
Upcoming and Past Performances
5/21
Studio Recital, Musical Offering, Evanston, IL
7/2
Berlin, Germany
7/8
Prague International Piano Festival, Czech Republic
3/23
Utrechts Conservatorium
Utrecht, NL
2/20
Steinway Piano Series
Tampa, FL
2/19
St. Petersburg, FL
Recordings
While being a dedicated promoter of contemporary composition and improvisation, Senger keeps touch with the romanticism that first called him to be a pianist.
Medtner: Sonata-Idylle
Nikolai Medtner’s final piano sonata, published in 1937 and written in exile in London. Recorded at the University of South Florida, Fall 2020.
Bach and Bartok, mini-project
Listen to a collection of the didactic masterpieces of two of the keyboard’s greatest composer-educators.