Bradley Bolen
Dr. Bradley Cordell Bolen has appeared as soloist, collaborator, lecturer, writer and recording artist. Following the onset of piano study at age eight, Bolen studied and coached with such notable teachers as David Stokan, Nancy Garrett, Anton Nel, Martin Canin and Menahem Pressler. He won top prizes in such piano competitions as the Eastfield Festival for Twentieth-Century Music, the Fort Worth Symphony Concerto Competition, and the Arlington Fine Arts League Competition.
Bolen performs, both as a soloist and accompanist, and has concertized in the United States, Mexico and Europe, where he has served as summer faculty for the Austrian-American Mozart Academy in Salzburg, Austria. In 2003, he gave the first live performance of pianist Earl Wild's Sonata 2000.
After receiving his doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin, Bolen designed and marketed a series of lecture courses for general concert audiences, including Ten Ways to Listen, The Masterpiece and the Romantic Dream, Beethoven to Picasso, and Piano! Piano! His writings can be found in the American Record Guide, where he served as music critic. In addition, he has arranged and recorded music for film, including Touchstone Pictures' The War at Home (film), and Erik Borzi’s Silent Paradise. Currently, Bolen serves as piano faculty at Baylor University.