Alex Yedidia

  • Second Prize Winner of the 2026 New York International Artists Association (NYIAA) Competition (Senior Division - 18 to 35 years old)

  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude - earning a Bachelor of Music degree from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts on May 14, 2026.
    On that occasion he was awarded the Arthur G. Humphrey Memorial Prize granted to a piano student for outstanding work in accompanying

  • Presented his final solo recital on both piano and organ at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts on May 1st, 2026 - as a candidate for the Bachelor of Music degree. His program included organ works by J.S. Bach and himself, and piano works by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt and Chopin

  • Winner of the Concerto Competition held at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts in March, 2025. Consequently he performed Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the Rutgers Sinfonia on April 17, 2026

  • Alternate Winner at the Young Artist Level of the 2024 MTNA Student Performance Competition (New Jersey Music Teachers Association)

  • Accepted as a full-scholarship undergraduate piano performance student at Rutgers University - as of September, 2023

  • Presented his Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on June 25th, 2023 - featuring an All-Chopin program

  • Semi Finalist at the 5th George Gershwin International Music Competition (2022)

  • Grand Prix Winner of the 2022 National Young Maestro Competition (the top prize)

  • Silver Medal Winner at the 2021 National Young Young Maestro Competition

  • Silver Prize Winner at the 2021 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition

  • First Place Winner of the Open Senior category at the 2020 NEMTA Competition

  • Gold Medal Winner at the 2019 National Young Maestro Competition

  • Third Prize Winner of the Piano Young Artist Category at the 2019 Young Maestro Competition

  • Second Prize Winner of the Virtuoso Solo Senior category at the 2019 MAMTG Competition in New Jersey

  • First Place Winner at the 2018-19 Crescendo International Competition -  and a performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall

  • First Prize Winner at the Solo Senior category of the 2018 MAMTG Competition

  • Third Prize Winner at the Virtuoso Solo Senior category at the 2018 MAMTG Competition

  • Second Place Winner at the 2018 Rondo Young Artist Festival

  • Gold Prize Winner at the 2017 NLPA National Young Musicians Showcase Competition – and a performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall

  • First Prize Winner of the Solo Freshman B Category at the 2012 MAMTG Competition in New Jersey

  • Silver Prize Winner at the 2011 Prima International Competition and Festivals

  • First Prize Winner of the Solo Elementary B Category at the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey

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