Mr. Ryan has performed as an orchestral keyboardist with most of the major orchestras in New York City, including members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has played celesta with the legendary Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall; piano, harpsichord, and portative organ with The Dessoff Choirs; and synthesizer with the Moody Blues rock band. He has collaborated with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neemi Järvi, Bernhard Haitink, Gerard Schwarz, and Maxim Shostakovich, among others.

Mr. Ryan took first place in the 2001 Concours des Grands Amateurs de Piano. At the close of this international competition he was engaged to perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor at the Sorbonne in Paris. That performance was filmed by the national television network France 2 and broadcast throughout France in 2002. In addition to winning the French competition, Steven took second prize in the 2000 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs.

During the summer of 2004, Mr. Ryan performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Lake Placid Symphonietta. The following autumn, he made his solo debut at Les Invalides in Paris. In the fall of 2005 he played Bach’s fifth Brandenburg Concerto, and later that season he played the Tchaikovsky, both with the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Ryan joined the Greater Trenton Symphony for its New Year’s Eve performance in 2006 of Rhapsody in Blue.

Steven Ryan earned his bachelor of music degree from the University of Minnesota. While in Minneapolis, he had the honor of assisting Sir Neville Marriner as a rehearsal pianist, often working one-on-one with him and his guest soloists. Mr. Ryan also appeared with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Charles Dutoit. He placed second in the Minnesota
Orchestra’s WAMSO competition, playing before a jury that included Pinchas Zukerman and Sir Neville Marriner.