Ezra Bartz is a pianist from Eugene, Oregon.  He studied piano at the University of Oregon, winning the University Concerto Competition and the Petri Scholarship Competition.  Upon graduating magna cum laude, he received Outstanding Performer in Keyboard by the School of Music and Outstanding Performer in Music by the University.
    In 2002, Ezra moved to Austin, Texas to study with Gregory Allen at the University of Texas. In Fall of 2007 he  was awarded the Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance. Ezra was employed as an assistant instructor in piano  at the University of Texas for four years, studying with Sophia Gilmson and Martha Hilley.  In addition to his position as lecturer at Texas State University, Ezra also currently teaches at the Orpheus Academy of Music, a local private music school. As a performer, Ezra has appeared in concert throughout the United States, including performances with world-renowned low brass performers Patrick Sheridan and Stephen Meade, a tour of the Midwest with long-time friend and University of Oregon tuba professor Michael Grose, and a tour of the Pacific Northwest with wife and flutist Jasmine Bartz. In 2006, Ezra received first prize in the Sidney Wright Presidential Endowed Accompanying Competition.  Recently a world-premier recording of Stravinsky’s two-piano/four-hand arrangement of his Septet, featuring Ezra and his teacher Gregory Allen, aired on the BBC’s month-long Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky series.