BIO

Amalia Rinehart is a pianist based in New York, NY. In May 2021, she earned her doctorate degree in piano from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Professor Gilbert Kalish. She earned her Master of Music degree from Stony Brook, and her Bachelor’s in music (theory and history) from Columbia University, from which she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to studying with Prof. Kalish, she studied with Reiko Uchida and Molly Morkoski.

Ms. Rinehart loves ensemble playing and has won recognition for her work as a chamber musician. She has performed at the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival (WA), Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival (ME) as a Kaplan Fellow, Sarasota Music Festival (FL), the Kneisel Hall Festival (ME) as a fellow in the Young Artist Chamber Music Program, Olympic Music Festival (WA), the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in Fairhope, Alabama, and the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society in Brooklyn, NY. In a past life she also trained as an organist, studying for four years under the tutelage of William Peek.

For more on her teaching experience, see the Teaching page.