Stuart Isacoff is a pianist, composer and writer, and the founding
editor of the magazine Piano Today. Mr. Isacoff is the author of the
highly acclaimed Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the
Great Minds of Western Civilization (Knopf/Vintage in the U.S.), and
recently returned from giving five lecture/recitals throughout Italy in
conjunction with the publication of the Italian edition of the book. A
winner of the prestigious ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in
writing about music, he is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street
Journal and many music periodicals.

Mr. Isacoff teaches a graduate course in the philosophy of music at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music (SUNY), and has given lectures and piano performances at many
venues here and abroad, including The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Verbier Festival and
Academy, and The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival,
among others. His piano recitals often combine classical repertoire
with jazz improvisation, demonstrating the threads that connect musical
works created centuries and continents apart.