The piano recital is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 4:30PM, at Steinway Hall, New York.
Alexandra Minoza, founder of Piano Buds in a Pod, is a professional pianist and holds a Master of Music in Advanced Performance (Piano) from the Royal College of Music in London, where she was awarded the Polani Award scholarship, a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Piano) from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in the National University of Singapore, where she was awarded a full-scholarship sponsored by Singtel, and a High School Diploma from the Philippine High School for the Arts as a government scholar. She taught early-childhood music education, Suzuki Piano Method, and prepared students for ABRSM examination and Trinity College London examinations in Singapore and at KM Music Conservatory, whose founder is Grammy award-winner music producer and music composer A.R. Rahman in Chennai, India.
Her 2023-2024 concert engagements included performances with soprano Keerthana Sriram, who performed Mozart's Voi che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro at the American Virtuoso International Music Competition and Schubert's Lachen und Weinen at the American Protégé International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall; vocalist Prarthana Sriram, who performed Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball at the American Protégé International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall; and vocalist Dhanya Mayuran, who performed Christina Perri's A Thousand Years at the American Protégé International Music Competition winners' recital in Carnegie Hall; violinist Beckett Chua, who performed at the American Protégé International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall. Additionally, she performed a musical story featuring Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf arranged for one narrator, two violins, one viola, and one piano at Earth & Me in Astoria, Queens. She also gave a violin and piano recital, performing Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 8, Bruch's Violin Concerto Op. 26, Dvorak-Kreisler's Slavonic Fantasia in B minor, and Paganini's Cantabile. She currently lives in New York City.
Please ensure that music scores for the pieces are emailed no later than 4 weeks before the concert date. Kindly send the music scores to pianobudsinapod@gmail.com.
1 x acoustic grand piano
Rehearsals will take place at Piano Buds in a Pod located inside Knickerbocker Plaza, via door entrance on 2nd Avenue, between 91 Street & 2nd Avenue – Upper East Side in New York. Subway station nearby: Q to 96 Street then take the exit at 94 Street & 2nd Avenue.
Address:
1751 2nd Avenue, Suite 101, New York, New York 10128
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Please arrive 5-10 minutes early at Piano Buds in a Pod to ensure that we start and end the rehearsal on time.
Address:
1751 2nd Avenue, Suite 101, New York, New York 10128
Google Maps location click here
1. Upon entering Knickerbocker Plaza, via door entrance on 2nd Avenue, inform the concierge that you are going to Piano Buds in a Pod
2. Take the elevator to Floor 1.
3. Piano Buds in a Pod is located in Suite 101.
4. Attend the rehearsal.
Performance duration is capped at 5 minutes; if it's between 6 to 20 minutes, the rehearsal fee with the piano accompanist including the rehearsal space is $150.
Includes: pre-concert and post-concert waiting-time, reasonable travel time and distance in New York.
Performance duration is capped at 5 minutes; if it's between 6 to 20 minutes, the piano accompanist fee is $150.
Carnegie Hall debut of violinist Beckett Chua at the American Protégé Winners Recital at the Weill Recital Hall Carnegie Hall on June 16, 2024. Beckett studies with violist Pham Thi Thu Thuy in Singapore.
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