Nelita True

USA

Since Nelita True made her debut at age seventeen with the Chicago Symphony in Orchestra Hall and her New York debut with the Juilliard Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall, her career has taken her to the major cities of Western and Eastern Europe, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Iceland, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, Canada, and to Hong Kong, as well as to virtually every state in America. 

She has been a visiting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, performing and conducting master classes, and has been in the People’s Republic of China eight times for recitals and master classes.  Ms. True was a jury member for the first China International Piano Competition in Beijing; the Queen Sonja International Piano Competition in Oslo, Norway; the National Piano Competition in Brazil; the William Kapell International Piano Competition, the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the Concours de Musique in Canada, and the piano Teachers’ National Association Competition in Japan.  Formerly Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland, Ms. True is currently Professor of Piano at the Eastman School of Music.  Many of her students have won top prizes at national and international competitions, including an unprecedented five First Prizes in the Music Teacher National Association competitions.  Her former students are pursuing careers in performance and as teachers at major conservatories and universities throughout the United States and abroad. 

SH Productions Company of Kansas City produced a series of four videotapes, “Nelita True at Eastman,” featuring her performances, lectures, and teaching.  These videos are currently being seen on five continents.  She has been the subject of feature articles in Clavier, The European Piano Teachers’ Journal, and Piano Today.  An interview with Ms.True appears in the latest edition of James Bastien’s “How to Teach Piano Successfully,” along with interviews with the legendary Rosina Lhevinne and Adele Marcus.  Ms. True has recorded more than 100 works for Advance, Mark, Educo, and Academy Records.