In June 2003, Ms. Golandsky and senior faculty members previously affiliated with the Taubman Institute formed the Golandsky Institute, which is the pre-eminent center for the study, advancement, and dissemination of the Taubman Approach. The Institute conducts an annual symposium and festival every July at Princeton University. More information on the Institute can be found at www.golandskyinstitute.org.

Ms. Golandsky presents the Taubman Approach in its entirety in the 10-DVD set The Taubman Techniques. In conjunction with the Golandsky Institute, she has also further developed the Taubman Approach in the 3-DVD set, The Art of Rhythmic Expression, and the 2-DVD set, The Forgotten Lines: Lines that Support, Surround, and Intensify the Melody.

Ms. Golandsky has lectured and conducted master classes at some of the most prestigious music institutions in the United States, including the Eastman School of Music, Yale University, Harvard University, the Curtis Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory, as well as internationally.

Over the past twenty-five years, Phillip Kawin has developed a highly individualistic pedagogical approach that combines aesthetic and artistic influences from Artur and Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, from Alfred Cortot through studies with Cortot’s long-time associate Jules Gentil, Leschetitzky and other visionary musicians of the past. He champions the mastery of creative tone production and the advanced principles of sound pianism. His musicianship embodies an analytical, yet eclectic approach, while encompassing the intuitive aspects of music-making.

Phillip Kawin is in constant demand at national and international conferences and festivals. He has given his renowned lectures and insightful master classes at such institutions as the Moscow Conservatory, Rimsky-Korsakov (St. Petersburg) Conservatory, Van Cliburn Piano Institute, Beijing Central and Shanghai Conservatories, Seoul National University, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and others internationally. For the past twelve years, he has been in residence at the Piano Summer International Institute / Festival in SUNY New Paltz, New York. Recently he returned from Israel, where he replaced famed Russian pianist Nikolai Petrov on the faculty of the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes. He was also on the jury for the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition For Young Musicians 2009 in Suwon, Korea. Since 2004 he has been an active presenter at the annual World Piano Pedagogy Conference each season .

Phillip Kawin has performed in recitals and as soloist with orchestras, as well as adjudicated throughout Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, and the US. He performed the opening concert of the 2006 St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra season with the Beethoven C-minor piano concerto, which he also performed with the Korean Symphony Orchestra. As a regular guest of the International Academy of Music, Phillip Kawin has taught and performed six consecutive years in Italy and six times in St. Petersburg, Russia. He opened the first Burgos International Music Festival in Spain. He has also been the subject of numerous programs and interviews on TV, radio, in print and on-line.

He has recently released a critically acclaimed double CD of solo works by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Prokofiev, which also includes an exclusive interview with radio talk show host and renowned author David Dubal on the Master Performers label. His five DVDs for Excellence in Music, Inc. recorded live at the World Piano Pedagogy Conferences, are available on www.pianovision.com. They include master classes and such original lecture titles as: Sound Principles and Principles of Sound, Cultivating Pianistic Command, and Assimilation: The Key To Unleashing A Student’s Potential.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Phillip Kawin began his piano studies at the age of seven. He was invited by Jules Gentil to study at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where he graduated at the age of eighteen. He then continued his education in New York City, where he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music as a protege of Dora Zaslavsky Koch, a pupil of Harold Bauer and Wilhelm Backhaus.
He credits John Perry as being a major pianistic and profound artistic influence.

Phillip Kawin is a Steinway Artist.

She studied under Professor Jinwoo Chung till 1969, and continued studies at Indiana University on a full scholarship with Robert Hamilton, George Sebok, and Menahem Pressler. She studied chamber music with distinguished cellist Janos Starker, and the violinists Joseph Gingold and Franco Gulli. In New York she has worked with Ms. Adele Marcus, as well as Leonard Rose, Leon Fleisher, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Beaux Arts Trios. She has studied with Maria Curcio in London.

She received her bachelors and masters degrees from Indiana University and her doctor of Piano Pedagogy degree from Columbia University.

In 1969, Ms. Kim won the Young Artist Competition, held by the Indianapolis Symphony. Since then, she has been playing solo and chamber music concerts in Canada , Italy , Southeast Asia, and the United States . She has performed extensively in New York City in Town Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, and Queens Colden Center.

In 1990, she gave her formal debut concert at Carnegie Recital Hall as the first concert for Carnegie Hall's Centennial Celebration Series. She also gave her formal San Francisco debut at Herbst Theater.

She has been a professor and Associate Director of London Piano Festival for the period of 1993 through 1997. Currently she is a professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Kyungwon University. She serves as the President of Korean National Piano Teachers Association. She is now working as a pianist, teacher, author and lecturer.

In 1989 she immigrated to USA , where effective piano pedagogy became prime focus of her scientific recearch. Dr. Levant developed her own approach to piano pedagogy, which became a foundation for her book "The Anatomy of Musicality". The book is highly acclaimed by leading university professors, and reviewed on NPR and in american music magazines. Dr. Levant teaches big private studio, judges competitions,gives lectures and presentations at the national and international conferences. Among her recent presentations are WPPC in Dallas , Steinway Hall , New York ; UCLA, California ; St. Petersburg, Russia; European Piano Teachers Association, Serbia. She has her own seminar for piano teachers,entitled "Seven Stars Piano Playing". Recently Dr. Levant completed a new book for children with step-by-step description of teaching technique and musicality. In 2006/2007 Dr. Levant 's name was included in NHR's Outstanding American Teachers.

The first recording in the Beach series, by the still waters, received the 1998 INDIE award for best solo recording. Empress of Night, released on Arabesque Recordings, is the fifth volume of Ms. Polk’s ongoing survey of Beach’s piano works, and includes the Piano Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin conducting. The sixth volume of the series, Morning Glories, joins Ms. Polk with the Lark Quartet in three outstanding chamber music works by Amy Beach. Two all-Beach performances at Merkin Concert Hall, which featured Joanne Polk and the Lark Quartet, were applauded by the New York Times, as they deemed Polk’s performances “polished and assured.” The American Record Guide reported, “Polk and the Larks played their hearts out. We in the audience shouted ourselves hoarse with gratitude.”

Prior to recording the complete piano music of Amy Beach, Ms. Polk recorded Completely Clara: Lieder by Clara Wieck Schumann, her debut CD for Arabesque Recording, featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Korliss Uecker. This CD was selected as a “Best of the Year” recording by The Seattle Times and was featured on Performance Today on New York Public Radio. Ms. Polk’s CD for Albany Records, Callisto, was released in January 2004 and features the solo piano music of Judith Lang Zaimont. Her latest CD, Songs of Amy Beach, recorded with baritone Patrick Mason for Bridge Records, was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award.

Ms. Polk has performed in solo recitals, with chamber ensembles, and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe, the United States and Australia. With composer Judith Lang Zaimont, she co-founded American Accent, a New York-based contemporary music group specializing in coveted, repeat performances of new works.

Ms. Polk received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School, and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Manhattan School of Music. She has given master classes at the Summit Music Festival, New York Summer Music Festival, and at the University of Minnesota, and has joined the piano faculty of the Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy. She is presently the Dean of the Precollege Division at Manhattan School of Music.

Benjamin continues to perform his Piano Show, where beautiful classical music is presented in a contemporary, theatrical way. He is the author of The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA. In 1987, he was Editor-In-Chief of Piano Life magazine, and Founder and Artistic Director of the International Piano Summer Festival held in a 17th Century castle in Zemono, Slovenia.

Benjamin has been a prizewinner in several international piano competitions. For his performance of Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, he received the highest national honor in his native Slovenia.