Duane Hulbert, piano

Pianist Duane Hulbert, professor emeritus and former chair of piano at the University of Puget Sound, has toured the United States and Europe, winning rave reviews. The Minnesota native has won prestigious prizes at numerous competitions, including the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City and Paloma O’Shea International Piano Competition in Spain. Hulbert has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, and Seattle Symphony. He has performed as a recitalist at Merkin Concert Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.

Hulbert’s CD recording of the complete piano works by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002. In a critique of the recording, Classics Today magazine wrote, “Gorgeous sound sets the seal on a product that makes the best case for this excellent but sadly neglected repertoire.” In fall 2014, Hulbert released the four-CD collection Glazunov: Complete Works for Piano, a five-hour album that was the culmination of 15 years of work.

Hulbert’s students have won major competitions and held distinguished positions across the country. Hulbert received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and earned his doctorate from Manhattan School of Music.