Heralded as a “sensation” with “formidable technique” by the Hartford Courant, Alex Beyer has acquired an impressive array of prestigious concert appearances nationally and internationally. He has been a guest soloist with the Milwaukee, Charlotte, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, and Bridgeport Symphony Orchestras, among others. First prize awards came in the Renee Fischer Competition and MTNA State and Regional Competitions. He was a finalist in the 2012 Gina Bachauer International Competition, a 2011 MTNA national finalist and prizewinner in the 2010 PianoArts Competition. Beyer received the Jeniam Foundation Scholarship award from the Stamford Symphony in 2011. As a winner of the NEC Piano Honors Competition he made his Jordan Hall debut in 2014. He was a 2012 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

Alex has studied with Yoshie Akimoto, Dr. Matti Raekallio, and Melvin Chen. He is currently a sophomore in the Harvard/NEC Dual Degree program, studying with Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun. He has recently played in master classes for Jeremy Denk, Menahem Pressler, and Kirill Gerstein.

In the summer months he has attended the Killington Music Festival, Vianden Music Festival in Luxembourg, the Saarburg Festival in Germany, and most recently, the Taos Music Festival where he worked with Robert McDonald, Thomas Sauer and Richard Goode.

He has collaborated with conductors Gustav Meier, Carolyn Kuan, Andrews Sill, T. Francis Wada, Constantine Kitsopolous, and Edward Cummings, and has recently performed with Nicholas Kitchen and Yeesun Kim, founding members of the Borromeo Quartet. He has performed in the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Paul Hall, Stamford Palace Theater, Weill Recital Hall, the New World Center, Woolsey Hall, and the Gusman Center.

Currently enrolled in the Dual Degree program at Harvard and New England Conservatory, he is majoring in Music, Applied Math and Statistics.

Alex has performed in and directed many benefit concerts for the Pequot Library, Project Learn, Music for Youth, Mercy Learning Center, and KEYS. A music history enthusiast and proponent of educating the audience, he established the lecture concert series “Sundays at 4” and will continue in Summer 2015 with “Summer Soirees” at Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut.