Arlene Shrut, Piano

Biography

A faculty member of the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, Arlene Shrut
is an admired keyboard performer hailed as a “strong and sensitive pianist” by the New York Times. She was honored in 2003 as the
inaugural “Coach of the Year” in Classical Singer Magazine. Arlene has collaborated with such vocal artists as Renée Fleming
and Thomas Hampson and has recorded on the Dorian, Centaur, Orion, Summit and Albany Records labels. Among her credits is “Songs of
Hugo Wolf” (with Daniel Lichti on Dorian CDs), which received a Canadian Grammy nomination. Arlene often serves as official pianist
for many of NY’s top vocal events, and has performed in such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The
National Gallery, The Phillips Collection and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. She has toured extensively
in Europe and across North America.

Arlene Shrut earned two solo piano degrees from the Eastman School of Music and a Doctorate in
Accompanying from the University of Southern California. In 1981, she received a Fulbright grant to Germany in vocal coaching, and has
mentored with the most distinguished teachers of her time. Arlene makes her home on the Upper West Side of New York City.