A01=Steven Blier
accompanist
Author_Steven Blier
bernstein
Category=AVP
Category=AVRG1
Category=DNB
Category=DNBA
Category=DNBF1
Category=DNC
Category=VFJD
classical
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_health-lifestyle
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_music
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
fasciocapularhumeral dystrophy
juilliard
memoir
muscular dystrophy
music
musician
new york festival of song
opera
pianist
piano
poulenc
puccini
sondheim
song
weill
Product details
- ISBN 9781324005483
- Weight: 514g
- Dimensions: 160 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2025
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
From Ear-to-Ear recounts Steven Blier’s picaresque and entertaining road to a successful career as a collaborative pianist, bringing to life his partnerships with iconic performers like Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Jessye Norman, Cecilia Bartoli and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and beloved mentors, including Alvin Epstein and Martha Schlamme. Drawing on his innovative work as a vocal coach and concert producer with his acclaimed New York Festival of Song, he takes readers deep into his artistic process. But Blier also tells a parallel story: his lifelong battle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Aided by his intense determination and wry sense of humour, Blier continues his life at the piano. As Adam Gopnik writes in his foreword, From Ear to Ear is “genuinely heroic, a testament to the power of music.”
Steven Blier is a Grammy Award–winning pianist, acclaimed accompanist, and co-founder and artistic director of the New York Festival of Song. He has taught at the Juilliard School since 1992 and lives in New York City. Adam Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker and has written for the magazine since 1986. He has three National Magazine awards for essays and for criticism. The author of numerous best-selling books, including Paris to the Moon, he lives in New York City.
