Kristie Janczyk

A prizewinner of major competitions throughout the world, Kristie made her debut at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall as being named a first prizewinner (twice) in the American Protege International Competition. She also was awarded 2nd prize in the American Protege Romantic International Competition. Other notable honors include two first prizes at the USOMC International Competition, first place at the Petroff Piano Competition, and first place in the Mid-Texas Symphony Young Artist Competition, where she performed Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Mairs. Additional awards include placing in the top three finalists for the Contemporary Award at the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition in New York City, second prize at the Aloha International Piano Competition, third and fourth prizes at the Los Angeles Liszt Competition, and semi-finalist in the Vladimir Viardo International Piano Competition. Kristie was also awarded honorable mention at the Joyce Dutka

Arts Foundation Competition, Bradshaw and Buono Competition and the Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition.

As a soloist, Kristie has appeared with the InterHarmony Internationales Musik- Festival in Carnegie Hall. She also performed with the Viva Vivaldi Festival Orchestra in Mexico City under the direction of Michael Meissner. Performances during this festival included a solo Bach recital at the Instituto Italiano de Cultura and eight concerts with the Meadows Trio. She performed for Prince Edward of England, as well as for the President of Latvia, the latter of which she performed the Bach d minor concerto in Wagner Hall with the Riga Chamber Orchestra in Riga, Latvia. She was also selected to perform in the Rising Stars concert held at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the Toronto Summer Music Festival. In addition, Kristie has performed with Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Garland Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, Arlington Symphony, New Conservatory of Dallas, the Dallas Wind Symphony and Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado under the direction of Arkady Fomin, and toured Germany, Poland and Czech Republic with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. In April of 2011, she made her debut with the Mesquite Symphony (TX) under the direction of Roger Gilliam performing Gershwin’s Concerto in F. In May 2013, Kristie returned to perform Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Mesquite Symphony in May of 2013. Kristie is currently one of the pianists with Phoenix Symphony, on piano faculty at Napa Valley College, former Artist In Residence Pianist with Lincoln Theater in Yountville, CA, along with pianist with Mercury Soul and pianist for Steel & Ivory. Dr. Janczyk was recently awarded "2023 Teacher of the Year" at Legacy Online Academy where she teaches "general music" to grades K-8.