World Class Pianist, Now Offering Private Piano Lessons.
In-person lessons available in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Online lessons available worldwide.
Daniel Lessner has thrilled audiences around the world with his dazzling performances and poetic interpretations of the great masterworks of the piano repertoire. Critics have hailed his playing as “brilliant and blazing” and have called him “a musician of pristine artistic taste and discernment.” He has garnered raves as a teacher for his dedication to his students and for his respect and deep knowledge of the grand pianistic tradition. He has extensive experience performing and teaching the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, Rachmaninoff to Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as composers of the present day.
Are you interested in working with Daniel Lessner to enhance your or your child’s piano technique and musicality? Fill out the contact form to learn more about pricing, availability, and other questions you may have. You can also give Mr. Lessner a call or text directly at 213-642-1044.
About Daniel Lessner
Daniel began his piano studies at the age of four in Miami, Florida, performing his first public recital at age eleven. By the time he turned eighteen he had won over a hundred local and national prizes, including the Irene Muir Scholarship Award for the top young talent in the state of Florida and the First Prize award at the acclaimed Interlochen Music Camp’s Concerto Competition, where he performed the Macdowell Concerto #2 in D minor and Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 in C minor.
He entered the Juilliard School of Music in New York City on scholarship to study with the renowned teacher Adele Marcus. While at Juilliard, he won the Tchaikovsky Concerto Competition, which he performed with the Juilliard Orchestra in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, under the baton of Massimo Freccia. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music, Lessner was chosen as a candidate for Juilliard’s doctoral program. He remained at Juilliard as an Assistant Faculty Member for two seasons.
Piano Teacher Credentials
Daniel Lessner is dedicated to nurturing talent of all ages. Mr. Lessner holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City, and has taught as a Professor of Piano at The Juilliard School as well as The University of Southern California. He has been on the faculty at the University of Southern California as Professor of Piano for multiple seasons. Additionally, he has given numerous master classes at universities across the world while traveling internationally to perform.
In addition to his professional teaching credentials, he also teaches piano privately in the Los Angeles area, and gives Master Classes to those looking to enhance their piano performance.
Mr. Lessner uses his extensive performance and teaching experience to help his students advance their piano technique. With a combination of mastering the basics, accountability for practice and repetition, and some advanced tips from the pro himself, Daniel Lessner has successfully trained his students for competition, performance, and more.
As a composer of music for film and television in Hollywood, Mr. Lessner has over 100 credits to his name and in addition offers music composition and theory lessons.
Daniel Lessner is now accepting new students for private piano lessons. Lessons can be held in person, remotely via video conference for those looking for such an option.
“Sheer excitement, personified. Lessner made the piano shout and sing. Such virtuosity was rewarded with two spontaneous standing ovations, richly deserved.”
Pierre Kenyon
The Chieftain Colorado
“Lessner is a brilliant technician. His keyboard dexterity and sheer speed is striking… More importantly, he is a musician of pristine artistic taste and discernment.”
Pierre Kenyon
The Chieftain Colorado
I was won over by the freshness and individuality… The audience was thrilled, and he was called back for encores… one can only admire his individuality and his willingness to take risks. In this way he is like a visitor from the past.”
Michael Miller
Berkshire Review
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Daniel Lessner Career Highlights
#1
Performances of Rachmaninoff’’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the California Philharmonic at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
#2
Performed as a soloist with the Pasadena Symphony at Descanso Gardens in Pasadena, CA where he played Bernhard Herrmann’s Piano Concerto from the film Hanover Square, along with Chopin’s Nocturne in C minor.
#3
Winner of the 2009 IBLA Grand Prize Special Award for his performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The international competition was held in Sicily, Italy, and a resulting tour throughout the United States in April of 2010 culminated in a concert at Carnegie Hall-Weill Auditorium in New York City.
#4
Extensive Touring in the United States and abroad, performing with orchestras and in solo recitals in cities which include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City, Boston, Detroit, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Miami, Palm Beach, Helsinki Finland, and Stockholm Sweden.
#5
Earned Top prizes in competitions including the Maryland International, the Gina Bachauer International, the Interlochen Concerto Competition, Miecyslau Munz, the Grand Rapids International, and the Van Cliburn Scholarship Award.
#6
Appeared as soloist with the Florida Philharmonic, the Miami Beach Symphony, the Queens Symphony, the Maryland Symphony, the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, the Interlochen Orchestra, the California Philharmonic, and the Pueblo Symphony, among others.
#7
Solo and orchestral concerts in Brazil on the Amazon River with the New York Philharmonia.
#8
Performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City, playing the Brahms-Paganini Variations in a gala concert that included such legendary pianists as Byron Janis.
#9
Performed in Los Angeles’ Taper Auditorium, where he played Liszt’s transcription of Wagner’s Overture to Tannhauser.
#10
Performed in solo recitals in Miami’s Gusmann Hall under the auspices of the Miami Civic Music Association, returning there for three consecutive seasons
#11
Appeared numerous times at Williams College in Massachusetts playing the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto with Ronald Feldman conducting the Berkshire Symphony, and Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the same season.
#12
Appeared with the Filarmonica de Chile in Santiago, Chile, playing a series of concerts where he performed the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto in the Teatro Oriente. While in Chile, Lessner gave master classes at the University of Chile and the School of Modern Music, and was invited to return there in the 2010-2011 season.
#13
In February 2010, Performed the Chopin Concerto #1 with The Pueblo Symphony in Pueblo, Colorado, conducted by Dr. Jacob Chi, and returned there the next two successive seasons to play the Tchaikovsky Concerto no.1 and Prokofiev Concerto no. 3.
#14
Appeared with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra in Marquette, Michigan in 2014 and 2015 with the Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto no. 3. While in Marquette Mr. Lessner also gave master classes, and recitals in which he included Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the complete Etudes Op. 10 by Chopin.
#15
Recognized for Most Outstanding Performance in the works of Chopin and Liszt in the 6th Palm Beach International Piano Competition. As a result, he was invited by the Orchestra de San Luis for a concert tour throughout Argentina and South America where he played the Beethoven Concerto #4.
#16
He can be heard on United Airlines’ award-winning national advertising campaign performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in more than ten ads.
#17
Has worked as a record producer and as an Artist and Repertoire Representative for EMI Records.
#18
Mr. Lessner is a Steinway Artist.