Julian Tushman, 12, studies piano with Dr. Sandra Hebert at the Rivers School Conservatory. Julian has won first prize in the Cap Ferret Music Open, Città di Massa International Competition for Young Musicians, VIVO International Music Competition, Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Judged Festival, and the Crescendo International Little Mozarts Competition. Julian was awarded the top prize, a Distinguished Gold Medal, in the 2022 Seattle Piano Competition Virtuoso Artists Festival. He won second prize in the Città di Massa International Music Competition, US New Star Etude Competition, and Lugano International Music Competition. Julian was a Silver Medalist in the Seattle Piano Competition Virtuoso Artists and Bach Festivals, Northern Lights Piano Festival and Canadian International Music Competition, and a Bronze Medalist in the Seattle Piano Competition Classical Viennese Festival, Pacific NW Piano Competition, and World Piano Teachers Association of Finland International Piano Competition. Julian received the Judges’ Special Award for American Music in the 2021 Musicale Fall Piano Music Festival, and performed in the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels in 2023. He premiered a piece written for him by award-winning composer Whitman Brown, called “J is for Julian,” at the 2023 Rivers Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young. For the past two summers, Julian has attended the Cremona International Music Academy, participating in chamber music groups, piano duos, master classes and concerts in Italy. In addition to classical music, Julian plays piano in his school’s jazz band.
You can find Julian’s 2023 International Piano Competition performance here.