Hilary Demske
Assistant Professor of Piano, Director of Piano Studies
Hilary.Demske@uvu.edu
801-863-7360
First prize winner of the "Citta di Barletta" International Piano
Competition, Hilary Demske, Assistant Professor of Piano, Director of Piano Studies
Hilary.Demske@uvu.edu
801-863-7360
piano, is a native of Dallas, Texas. Hilary holds a Doctorate in performance from the
University of Michigan, a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music
degree from The Peabody Conservatory of Music, where her awards include the Van Cliburn,
Alice Shaw Farber, and Marie Dring scholarships. She also studied at the Hochschule für
Musik in Munich, Germany (the Munich Conservatory), where she won the highest graduate
honor, the Meisterklasse Diploma in performance. Her principal teachers include Julian Martin,
Logan Skelton, and Margarita Höhenrieder.
Notable solo venues include the Steinway House in Munich, Mendelssohn House in Leipzig,
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum in Dresden, Richard-Wagner Museum in Pirna, the Rococco Saal
in Augsburg, Fischer Klavier Haus in Swäbisch Hall, Steinway House New York, and other venues
in Dresden, Rome, Tel Aviv, Asturias, Sicily, England, Canada and the United States.
She has been featured on Bavaria's national radio station (Bayerische Rundfunk), Houston Public
Radio's "From The Top", and has been published in Munich Found, the city's largest English
language magazine. She has presented papers at a wide range of international conferences,
including the Performing Tangier conference in Morocco, the European Piano Teachers Association
conference in Serbia, and the International Grieg Festival in Florida. Previous teaching positions
include the University of Michigan and the State University of New York at Fredonia, where she
served as the secretary of the New York State Music Teachers Association.
An avid performer of contemporary music, Hilary has collaborated with George Tsontakis, Stephen
Hough, and Michael Daugherty. She is currently recording a solo piano music CD of Henry Martin
for Albany Records.