Samuel Grodin (born 1985) is an American pianist, lecturer and teacher. Grodin's teachers have included Nina Scolnik, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Antoinette Perry, Marc Durand, Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Mann, Craig Richey, and Lucinda Carver.[1] Grodin has worked with Emanuel Ax, Blanca Uribe, Dominique Weber, and Stephen Hough in master classes.[1] He teaches piano at California State University, Long Beach.[2]
Grodin attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School,[3] and California State University, Long Beach as a President's Scholar,[4] receiving a full-ride scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.
While a student at CSULB, Grodin studied with Craig Richey.[1] In 2004, Grodin was the recipient of the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship.[5]
Following Cole Conservatory, Grodin was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was the recipient for the Harold W. Scheeline Piano Scholarship,[1] where he completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance, studying under Dr. Sharon Mann.[1] He also worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Piano Department.
Grodin completed his doctoral degree (DMA) [6] in Piano Performance at the Thornton School of MusicatUniversity of Southern California, studying under the acclaimed Dr. Lucinda Carver,[1] the Vice Dean of Classical Music Performance at USC[7] and guest conductor at the LA Phil.[8]
