Pianist, Thomas Rosenkranz was the winner of the Classical Fellowship Award from the American Pianists Association in 2003 and became associated with the U.S. Department of State as a Cultural Ambassador. Since then, his performance career has taken him across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. During recent years, he has performed concerts in many of the major cities of Asia, including Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Jakarta, Shenyang, Taichung, Tainan, and Tokyo as well as performances at the Shanghai New Music Week 2008, Carthage International Festival in Tunisia and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. He has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the National Orchestra of Beirut, and the Northwest Chamber Orchestra among others. In addition to his position as assistant professor of music at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA, Mr. Rosenkranz gives master classes and extended residencies throughout the world, including the Shanghai Conservatory, Shenyang Conservatory, Higher Institute of Music of Beirut, Higher Institute of Music of Tunis, Tunghai University of Taiwan, as well as Northwestern University, the Idyllwild School of the Arts, and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the United States. During the summer he serves as a faculty member at the Soundscape Festival in Italy, the Vianden Festival in Luxenbourg and at the Bali International Music Camp in Indonesia. He was recently named visiting professor of piano at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China for 2011. Mr. Rosenkranz completed an undergraduate degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Robert Shannon and earned graduate degrees at the Eastman School of Music (MM, DMA), where he studied with and was a teaching assistant to Nelita True. He continued his studies with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen in Paris as a recipient of a Presser Foundation Award for Music. His recordings are available on the Nonesuch, Cantaloupe, Tzadik, and Albany labels.