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Stewart
Goodyear

Known for imagination, a graceful, elegant style and exquisite technique, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished artist whose career spans many genres—concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist and composer.

Stewart Goodyear has performed with many of the major orchestras of the world—including six separate appearances to date with the Philadelphia Orchestra, in addition to performances with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Tokyo Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Seattle Symphony and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra among others.

He has a long-standing relationship with the orchestras of Toronto and New Jersey, both of which have nurtured his career from an early age; and his continued work with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa covers his many sides with regular appearances in recitals and chamber music concerts there in addition to his orchestral concerts. He also continues his vibrant partnership with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director, Paavo Jarvi with whom he appears frequently. He has appeared in recitals in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Bad Kissingen, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC; and he has performed with the Festivals of Caramoor, Santa Fe, and Ravinia.

In addition to his talents as a pianist, Stewart is a composer and frequently performs his own works, including his solo piano work, "Variations on 'Eleanor Rigby',” which premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in August 2000, and his Piano Sonata, both of which have received continual acclaim by critics and audiences alike. He has written by commission for the Toronto Youth Symphony for its 25th anniversary, as well as for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. A new work for chorus was premiered by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale of Canada in Toronto. Stewart has also been commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to write a fanfare commemorating Paavo Jarvi last season with the orchestra.

Photo credit: Gary Beechey