Oscar Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is a Steinway Artist and an accomplished solo and collaborative pianist, professor, author, lecturer, and adjudicator. He has performed extensively in Argentina, Italy, England, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States, including at prestigious venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Columbia University's Teachers College, Steinway Hall, and St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James's Piccadilly in London, as well as the National Conservatory in Argentina. His live performance for the esteemed Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center was broadcast nationally on radio and television. His programs feature an eclectic repertoire, ranging from Bach and Brahms to Piazzolla and Bolcom.

Dr. Macchioni is the author of The Tango in American Piano Music: Selected Works by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi, and Bolcom, the inaugural volume in the College Music Society's Cultural Expressions in Music series. He has published widely on piano literature and pedagogy in journals such as American Music Teacher, Piano Pedagogy Forum, Piano Inspires, and Professional Piano (EPTA-UK). His work has appeared in Piano: La Lettre du Musicien (France), The Piano Education Page (USA), and in numerous music magazines, radio, podcasts, and television programs. He has recorded three albums of solo and chamber Latin American music. KNS Classical released his new album Young Szymanowski, featuring Karol Szymanowski's early piano works, in October 2026.

A passionate educator and internationally recognized pedagogue, Dr. Macchioni has delivered numerous presentations, lecture-recitals, and masterclasses at leading institutions and conferences worldwide. These include the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), the World Piano Conference (Serbia), the Krakow Academy of Music (Poland), the Music Teachers National Association and the Frances Clark Center (USA), and the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires and the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina). His sessions, often praised for their scholarly depth and practical relevance, have earned honors such as the Outstanding Musical Presentation at the Second International Vernacular Conference in Puebla, Mexico, and the Diploma of Excellence from the World Piano Conference.

In recognition of his teaching excellence, Oscar received the prestigious Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Texas System in 2015 and was inducted into the UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 2019. He has also received support and recognition from the Polish Government, the Organization of American States, the Leschetizky Association of New York, and MTNA's "StAr Award." He served as a graduate fellow researcher at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the University of Arizona named him a Distinguished Graduate Student.

He is highly sought-after as an adjudicator for national and international piano competitions and festivals. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Borderland Chopin International Competition and Festival.

Oscar holds degrees from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Argentina), the Kraków Academy of Music (Poland), Louisiana State University, and the University of Arizona. From 2003 to 2023, he served as a Professor of Piano, Assistant Chair, and Keyboard Area Coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he held the Bonnie Brooks Professorship in Music. Since 2023, Oscar has been a Tenured Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Chair of the Division of Keyboard Studies at the prestigious University of North Texas College of Music.

Oscar Macchioni is a Steinway Artist.