Daniel Teitler

Daniel Teitler was born in Toronto, Canada in 1983 and has lived in Glenmont, New York since age five. He began his piano lessons at The Music Studio in Albany, first with Alice Kurkjian and later with Noel Liberty. In the past several years he has studied with Joseph Fennimore, Findlay Cockrell, Robert Shannon, and Paul Ostrovsky.

During his high school years, Daniel attended the six-week summer festival at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. It was there, immersed in a completely musical environment, that he first became interested in the serious study of music. The following summer, he returned to Brevard and performed at several fundraising concerts for the festival.

After completing his freshman year at the Oberlin Conservatory as a piano performance major, Daniel transferred to SUNY Purchase, where he is currently finishing his junior year. In December 2002, he returned to Oberlin to participate in a concert of the complete piano sonatas of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Daniel has performed regularly in the Albany area, including solo recitals at the SUNY Albany Performing Arts Center and the Schenectady Public Library.

In May 2003, Daniel was a featured soloist at the Music Studio 25th Anniversary Concert, performing Joseph Fennimore's "Concerto Piccolo" with the Albany Symphony Orchestra at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Daniel is currently pursuing an interest in chamber music, and will perform in several ensembles at Purchase this Spring.