About Us

Chosen to receive Steinway & Sons’ Top Teacher of the Year Award for 2021, Cosmo Buono has distinguished himself as one of the foremost teachers of the Leschetizky Method in the United States.  Advocating rich and expressive playing, he discourages students from note-perfect performances that lack enthusiasm in favor of a complete understanding and communication of the musical idiom of the composer.

Mr. Buono is also Artistic Director of the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, which has been described as “one of the most important piano competitions in the world.”  He also serves as Executive Director of the Alexander & Buono International Competitions for Voice, Strings, and Flute.

Also known for his work as a consultant to concert pianists, Mr. Buono has advised an array of distinguished artists, among them Félix Ardanaz, Jan Lisiecki, Thomas Nickell, Mattia Ometto, and Clara Belle Wrolstad.

A Steinway Artist, he completed his studies at New York University, Bard College, and The Juilliard School. Having first come to international prominence with the Bradshaw & Buono piano team, he and the late David Bradshaw did much to restore awareness of rare works written by Chopin, Liszt, Rossini, and Schubert in concerts and festivals throughout the world including in New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well as through their discography of Grammy-nominated recordings.