Reed Tetzloff, described by Richard Goode as “a musician of great authority,” has been hailed for his “richly communicative” performances (The Cincinnati Enquirer). He came to international attention at the XV Tchaikovsky Competition, where he was called “the lyric hero of the competition.” (Сноб Magazine). He has excited audiences worldwide since making his Lincoln Center concerto debut at Alice Tully Hall in 2012.
He has appeared in European venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast, the Allerheiligen Hofkirche at the Munich Residenz, Prague’s Rudolfinum, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Place Flagey in Brussels, and De Singel in Antwerp. His frequent solo recitals in the United States have been heard from coast to coast. And in Asia, he has performed in major venues in China, and his 2023-2024 season includes a debut tour of South Korea.
Born in Minneapolis, Reed Tetzloff first studied there with Dr. Paul Wirth. At the Mannes School in New York, he completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees studying with Piano Department Chair Pavlina Dokovska. Within his first year and a half of undergraduate study at Mannes, he had won the school’s two largest awards: the Concerto Competition and the Nadia Reisenberg Competition. He also won prizes from various international competitions, including the Tbilisi International Piano Competition and the Cincinnati World Piano Competition.
