Roberto McCausland-Dieppa
Praised by the New York Times for his brilliant keyboard mastery combined with an intense musical sensitivity, Roberto McCausland-Dieppa is a Colombian born pianist with exceptional talent.
McCausland-Dieppa holds a Dmus-PhD. in Liszt studies, with credits from the Eastman School of Music. During his course of study, he received numerous awards, including The Alice B. Warden Prize in Piano, and The Beaux Arts Prize in Piano. Upon receiving the "Merrill Lynch Prize" in both teaching and piano, McCausland-Dieppa concluded his tenure on the faculty of The School of Fine Arts in Cleveland, Ohio, to more intensely pursue his performing career.
As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed under the batons of conductors such as Jamie Leon, Ottavio Grieffenstein and Eduardo Mata, among others.
McCausland-Dieppa has toured extensively across the globe, including the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan, India, United Kingdom, Australia and Eastern Europe to critical acclaim. This past Fall, drawing music lovers from all over the world, McCausland-Dieppa played for a full house at New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
Mr. McCausland-Dieppa is represented worldwide by Quevedo Media Group.
McCausland-Dieppa is extremely versatile, playing Classical, Latin and Jazz styles with virtuosity. Exploring the music of Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff, McCausland-Dieppa has released several compact discs, including, “Beethoven for Kids and Teens” and "Beethoven for Kids". He is scheduled to release a crossover album featuring music of Latin - America including songs like "Besame Mucho" and many other favorites in 2008.
Mr. McCauslandf-Dieppa is also the creator of the multi-media character "Robelio" featuring a book, compact disk and a DVD that was released in 2007, along with the show "The adventures of Robelio-Beethoven for Kids".
Most recently, he has been honored by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture with the Award Pro-Arte Patria for his performance and dissemination of the music of Ferenc Liszt and Bela Bartok. The award ceremony took place in March 2006 at Columbia University in New York with additional performances at the United Nations in October 2006 with Henry Kissinger as moderator.
Mr. McCausland-Dieppa is joining Cleveland Sate University this Fall. http://www.csuohio.edu/music/facultyandstaff/bios/CMP_mccausland.html