Gregory Tolwinski is a pianist and educator with a diverse background in performance and teaching. He holds a master’s degree in piano performance from the Boston Conservatory, where he studied under Max Levinson, and completed his undergraduate studies at Oberlin College/Conservatory of Music with majors in music and English, studying piano with Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein and theory with Warren Darcy. He has also studied extensively with pianist Sergey Schepkin.

As a performer, Mr. Tolwinski has appeared often in the Boston and New York areas as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist. His performances have been featured on the New Music Collective and Faculty Showcase series of the Brooklyn Conservatory, and the Chamber Music Guest Recital series of the City University of New York. Internationally, he has performed across Lombardia, Italy, as a soloist and vocal accompanist with the Casalmaggiore International Festival.

Notable performances have included participation in collaborative cycles of the complete Chopin Nocturnes and Book Two of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier at the Boston Conservatory, a program of French art songs with soprano Teresa Wakim, and a soloist appearance with the Stow Festival Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

As a teacher, Mr. Tolwinski spent three years on the faculty of the Brooklyn Conservatory in New York before joining the piano faculty of Brookline Music School in 2011, where he also currently serves on the administrative team as Associate Director.