Alissa Leiser

Pianist Alissa Leiser is recognized as both a soloist and collaborative artist of technical skill and interpretive command. A native of Teaneck, New Jersey, Ms. Leiser attended The Juilliard School Pre-College Division as a student of Jane Carlson, and later received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Juilliard as a student of William Masselos. She has also studied with Benjamin Kaplan in London, Carl Schachter in New York, and Leon Fleisher in Baltimore.

Ms. Leiser’s performances include Alice Tully Hall, the Ravinia Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. Her orchestral appearances have included the New Jersey Symphony, the New Orchestra of Boston, and Orchestra New England. She has been heard on several radio and television broadcasts such as WQXR, WFUV, WAMC and WNET in New York. Her CD entitled Sounds of America with flutist Adrianne Greenbaum, was featured on National Public Radio as part of President Clinton’s Inaugural celebration in 1992.

Ms. Leiser is an active teacher and has served as an adjudicator for piano competitions and given master classes at such institutions as Meredith College in NC and the University of Ohio, Akron. She has held teaching positions at Montclair State College, Deerfield Academy, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and most recently at Amherst College, where she has taught since 1998.