Avery Jacob Gross

Avery Jacob Gross

Colburn School of Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA | September 2014 – present
– Completed 10 years of music theory and 6 years of percussion
– Colburn Honors Piano Seminar 2022-23
– Solo piano pieces (partial list):
• Grande Sonate Pathetique by Beethoven
• Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla
• 5 Danzas Gitanas, Series 1, Op. 55, No. 5, “Sacro-Monte” by Joaquin Turina
• Nocturne in C Sharp Minor by Chopin

GRAMMY Camp USC | Los Angeles, CA | Summer 2023
– Participated as a keyboard major at summer program held by the Recording Academy

Montecito International Music Festival | Montecito, CA | Summer 2023
– Completed summer piano program

NYU Steinhardt | New York, New York | Summer 2022
– Completed intensive summer piano program

Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI | Summer 2021
– Completed organ program


INTERNATIONAL SOLO PIANO MUSIC AWARDS
1st Prize Winner, International Assoc. of Professional Music Teachers, “Grand Concours” | Los Angeles | July 2023

1st Prize Winner, International Music Competition, “Grand Prize Virtuoso” | Salzburg & Barcelona | June 2023
– Performed at Palau de la Musica, Spain, August 2022

Artistic Achievement, The Music Center Spotlight Competition | Los Angeles | 2023

1st Place Winner, Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition | March 2022
– Performed at Carnegie Hall, New York in December 2022

1st Place Winner, Elite International Music Competition | March 2022
– Performed at Carnegie Hall, New York in April 2022

1st Prize Winner, International Music Competition, “Grand Prize Virtuoso” | Vienna & London, UK | April 2022
– Performed at Royal Albert Hall (The Elgar Room), London, April 2022

2nd Place Winner, American Protégé International & Strings Competition | 2022
– Performed at Carnegie Hall, New York in April 2023

1st Place Winner, Elite International Music Competition | March 2021
– Performed virtually at Carnegie Hall, New York in April 2021

Prize Winner, International Music Competition, “Grand Prize Virtuoso” | Salzburg, Austria | August 2020
– Performed at Solitar Mozarteum, Austria

Prize Winner, International Music Competition, “Grand Prize Virtuoso” | Bonn, Germany | August 2020
– Performed at Kammermusiksaal, Beethoven’s House, Germany

You can find Avery’s 2024 Classical Music Competition piano performance here.

You can find Avery’s 2024 Winter Music Competition piano performance here.