Amalia Rinehart is a pianist from Brooklyn, NY. In 2021 she received her doctorate degree in piano performance from Stony Brook University, where she studied with renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish, and was a recipient of the Gilbert Kalish Endowed Scholarship. She previously earned her Master of Music degree from Stony Brook, and her Bachelor's in music theory and history from Columbia University, from which she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. While at Columbia, she was also awarded the Rapaport Prize for Summer Music Study, as well as the 9/11 Memorial Fund Scholarship, given to distinguished student musicians, artists and athletes. Ms. Rinehart loves ensemble playing of all kinds, and has performed chamber music in venues across the country. In past summers she has participated in the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival (WA), Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival as a Kaplan Fellow (ME), Sarasota Music Festival (FL), Kneisel Hall Young Artist Chamber Music Program (ME), and Olympic Music Festival in Washington. She has also taken part in the Domaine Forget Academy in Quebec, Canada, the Mannes Beethoven Institute in New York, and PianoSummer in New Paltz, NY. Her ensemble playing has been featured on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase. In addition to Prof. Kalish, her major teachers have included Reiko Uchida and Molly Morkoski. Ms. Rinehart is passionate about art and art history in addition to music, and is a trained organist. She has been teaching students of all ages and levels for the past eight years.
