Participant of contest 2023

Seth Schultheis

Seth Schultheis

American pianist Seth Schultheis is developing a professional career as a performing artist, after being awarded Grand Prize in the Osaka International Music Competition in Osaka, Japan. Seth has performed as a soloist throughout the United States and Europe in venues such as Teatro Cajasol in Seville, Spain, Ely Cathedral in England, the Mendelssohn-Haus in Leipzig, Germany, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York.

He has also given concerts with various orchestras, including the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, New York Session Symphony, Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, and Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra, performing concerti by Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.

Most recently, he received the Fourth Prize and additionally the Prize for the Best Performance of a Commissioned Piece at the New York International Piano Competition.

After completing his Bachelor of Music with the late Phillip Kawin and Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music, Seth is currently pursuing his Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Mikowsky.