Oscar Macchioni, biography

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Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is an active teacher, pianist, lecturer and adjudicator. Upon his graduation from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, with three undergraduate degrees in music, he received a scholarship from the Polish Government to study piano at the Krakow  Academy of Music. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with a minor concentration in ethnomusicology form the University of Arizona in Tucson and his Master of Music in piano performance from Louisiana State University.  He studied piano with Celina Lis, Ewa Bukojemska, Ana Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi, Nohema Fernandez and Tannis Gibson.

Oscar  has performed extensively in his native Argentina, Italy, Poland, Mexico, and in the USA, which has included such notable locations as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Columbia University, Steinway Hall, and the Donnell Library in New York. Recently, he has been broadcasted live through WFMT 98.7, the Classical Radio Station of Network Chicago, while performing at the esteemed Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center. He  won several competitions in Argentina and the USA, such as Green Valley Piano competition in Arizona, Promociones Musicales de Buenos Aires and Tucumán National University (composition), and  was a finalist in the International Audio-Tape Piano Competition organized by the Germaine Pinault International Music Society in New York.

Although he is a passionate performer of Latin American music, Oscar's repertoire includes a diversity of musical styles and composers from all periods. Recent performances include works by Soler, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Szymanowski, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera, Copland, Barber, Guastavino, and Castro. He  enjoys research activities and recently presented lecture recitals at international and national conferences such as the Second  International Vernacular Conference in Puebla, Mexico; The International Council for Traditional Music in Brazil; Piano Pedagogy Forum; College Music Society, and the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Oscar Macchioni has been recognized by many prestigious national and international organizations. He has been sponsored by Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. (Fellow Graduate Student, Summer 2000), the Polish Government, Organization of American States (OAS), Leschetizky Association of New York, and most recently he received the Music Teachers National Association "Student Achievement Award" (StAr) and was named "Distinguished Graduate Student" by  the University of Arizona Music Advisory Board. In 2004, Oscar was featured in the French Magazine Piano, La Lettre du Musicien  and in 2007 interviewed by the Piano Education Page.

Dr. Macchioni has  been invited to serve as an adjudicator in national and international piano competitions such as the World Piano Pedagogy Piano Competition,  MTNA Southwest Division, Arizona Music Teachers Association, and the El Paso Music Teachers Association. In July of 2006, he was hired by the International Piano Performance Committee of Taiwan to conduct piano examinations to about 1,200 students nationwide.  He is profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America Diamond Edition 2005 and in AcademicKeys Who's Who in Fine Arts Higher Education.

In 2003, Dr. Macchioni joined the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy.  Before coming to El Paso, Oscar served as an Artist in Residency, Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the University of Arizona; and as a Professor of Theory at the Univesidad Nacional de Tucumán.  He is a member of the Mesa St Trio (Lesley Chen violin and Benjamin Vickers cello) featuring eclectic and inspiring programs.