Parker Wolf is thirteen years old and is in eighth grade. He began taking piano lessons at the age of four and has been under the instruction of Mr. Daniel Nagy since then. Parker has had opportunities to perform in the United States and in Europe. By the time he was eight, Parker made his concerto debut with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra after winning the John Leatherwood Concerto Competition. Since then, he has won first place in several international competitions including the Charleston International Music Competition in 2021 and 2022, and the American Association for Development of the Gifted and Talented Young Musician’s Festival in 2020, which led to his Carnegie Hall debut in 2022. In the summer of 2023, Parker performed at Carnegie Hall for a second time when he was a winner in the Gulf Coast Steinway Society’s piano competition. Some of Parker’s other accolades include winning the Florida State Music Teachers Association State Concerto Competition in 2021 and placing first for eight consecutive years in the Pensacola Music Teachers Association Sonata Contest, including this year when he competed in the upper college level.
In August of 2023, Parker attended the Todi International Music Masters Festival for Advanced Pianists in Italy. He studied for two weeks under the direction and instruction of world renown concert pianist and piano professor, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, attending several master classes and performing with an orchestra and in two solo recitals. In preparation for this trip, Parker performed an entire solo fundraising recital supported through the Blues Angel Music Foundation in his hometown.
Within his community, Parker performs as a guest artist for various recitals and events and is also active in his local church, playing as one of his church’s congregational pianists since the age of six. In his time away from the piano, Parker enjoys reading, going on road trips, rock wall climbing, and spending time with family and friends.
You can find Parker’s 2021 Spring Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Parker’s 2022 Romantic Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Parker’s 2024 Spring Music Competition piano performance here.