MARK WESTCOTT

“I have known Maurice Unis, and some of his associates, for over twenty-five years. His understanding of technical rebuilding and piano restoration is, in a word, ‘unparalleled.’ The rebuilding of vintage Steinways at Classic Pianos is the finest of any store I’ve ever seen.”

WINNER OF FIVE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS:
First Prize – Rudolf Serkin Prize (1965), First Prize – Young Musician Foundation, Debut Auditions (Los Angeles, 1966), Third Prize - Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (1969), First Prize – William Kappell International Piano Competition (1972), First Prize – International Piano Recording Competition (1971 and 1973)
1980 piano soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Conducting Studies: Oberlin Conservatory – Bachelor of Music – Piano Performance; Eastman School of Music – Master of Music – Piano Performance and Literature. Teachers: John Perry, Frank Mannheimer, Cecile Genhart, Eugene List, and composer Samuel Barber.