Piano
Ms. Elena Rossman, President, and Music Director AADGT (www.elenarossman.com, www.aadgt.org) is a well-known and widely respected as a classical piano professional for her support for the development and musical growth of extraordinarily gifted musicians from around the world.
Ms. Rossman has built a consistent track record of teaching, recognizing, supporting, encouraging and working with gifted talented musicians at very early musical development stages. Leading classical musicians and educators such as Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov, Professor Lev Naumov, and Professor Anna Kantor have praised her ability and achievements.
Ms. Rossman’s students have achieved national and international success. They have gone on to win competitions and become successful professional musicians. Her students have obtained first and advanced degrees from the Julliard School (USA), Manhattan School of Music (USA), Moscow Conservatory (Russia), Royal Academy of Music (UK), Hong Kong University and other leading International music institutions. Her studio is based in New Rochelle.
Ms. Rossman works with very talented youngsters as well as advanced/university level graduates. She has held master classes throughout the world: USA, Canada, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Sweden, Russia, and Thailand. She had been a faculty member at summer festivals Vianden International Music Festival (Luxembourg, 2010-2015), Saarburg festival (Germany, 2015), Burgos International Music Festival (Spain, 2019).
The New York State Senate passed a special resolution to recognize Elena Rossman’s contribution to New York’s cultural life.
Mrs. Rossman, MA in Piano Pedagogy and Performance, graduated in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Viktor Afanasiev- a pupil of Professor Heinrich Neuhaus of the Moscow Conservatory.