Thomas Lanners

Thomas Lanners has appeared as a solo and collaborative pianist and clinician throughout the U.S. and abroad. His performances have been broadcast nationally and internationally on programs such as American Public Media’s Performance Today, BBC3 in London, and RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany in Ireland, among many others. Thomas has performed, presented master classes, and given lectures on various musical topics as a guest artist throughout the United States, in Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Thomas’ CD, Ned Rorem: The Three Piano Sonatas, was released by Centaur Records in 2007. Lanners’ recording, Ned Rorem: Piano Works, Volume 2, was also released worldwide on the Centaur label. Thomas was awarded a grant in 2010, through the Centaur label, from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording to record works of Pulitzer winner Ross Lee Finney, having also received a Copland grant for his first Rorem CD. His championing of American piano music was the topic of an interview article, titled “Pianist Thomas Lanners: Spreading the Good Word,” in a 2010 issue of Fanfare.

Lanners served as jurors for many competitions, including the final round of the MTNA Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano Competition at the national conference, the 5th Mozart International Piano Competition in Bangkok, Thailand, the inaugural Kuleshov International Piano Competition and numerous other competitions across the U.S.

Dr. Lanners received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School as a student of Barry Snyder. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude as a student of Leonidas Lipovetsky at Florida State University. He currently serves as Professor of Piano at Oklahoma State University.