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Acclaimed concert pianist Kevin Robert Orr maintains an active performance and masterclass schedule that has taken him to concert halls and major teaching institutions across the North America, Europe, China, South Korea and Australia. His live performances and cd recordings of both newly composed and traditional classical repertoire continue to garner international critical acclaim. In addition to an active agenda as performer, university professor, masterclass clinician and competition adjudicator, Orr is Co-Founder and Director of the annual Chinese-American International Piano Institute, held at the Sichuan Conservatory, Chengdu, China, and Director of the annual University of Florida Young Pianists Festival, held each summer in Florida. While focusing primarily upon classical performance and teaching, Dr. Orr also pursues interests in improvisation. Orr studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at The Dana School of Music, where he was the recipient of the William Kurzban Prize in Piano and the Aurora Ragiani Martin Piano Award, respectively. His teachers have included Paul Schenly, Robert Elliot Hopkins, Caroline Oltmanns, Melva Huebert, and Doris Arnold Cunningham. A Steinway Artist, Dr. Orr is Professor of Piano at the University of Florida School of Music, Gainesville, Florida,where he was named Research Foundation Professor.
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