Mackenzie Melemed
Newton, Mass. native Mackenzie Melemed has been gaining awards worldwide on his journey to the 2021 American Pianists Association finals. In 2019 he won the Juilliard School s Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize, and in 2018 gained triple recognition winning the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize, the Paris Recital Prize from Poland s Prix de Tarnów Competition, and third prize in the first China International Music Competition.
On March 12, at 8 p.m. he presents the final concert in the Frances Clark-American Pianists Association collaborative Piano Stories On Stage.
âHe recently joined the roster of young artists at the Centre for Musical Excellence,â noted Clifford Lee, APA director of marketing, in a news release. The Indianapolis-based organization annually designates a roster of young musicians in all fields of music to showcase them in programs worldwide.