Patrick Elisha
Education Division Director
Patrick Elisha is a graduate of the Artist Diploma program at the Boston University School of Music as a student of Pavel Nersessian. Following early studies with James Rivers, he was a student of Stanislav Ioudenitch at the International Center for Music, Park University. He then completed his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with Menahem Pressler and André Watts. Patrick has performed at various festivals and halls including Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Boris Berman Piano Academy (Villa Medici Giulini, Italy), American Liszt Society Festival (University of Kansas), California Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall, and Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall. Patrick is also a prize winner and recipient of numerous awards including First Prize in the Great Composers International Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert Competition, and Grand Prize Winner of the Concert Artists International Competition.
Patrick served as music minister for the Evansville Diocese in Indiana and at in the Boston Archdiocese. After managing Pre-Owned for Steinway & Sons, Patrick returned to M. Steinert & Sons as Education Division Director, teaches piano privately, and resides in Massachusetts with his wife María.