Steven
Lerman is a classical guitarist, originally from San Diego, California
who has established himself as one of the top American players of his
generation. In just a few years of competing, Steven has won prizes in twenty-five
international guitar competitions – including ten first prizes. In addition to
his success in classical guitar competitions, Steven is one of the few
guitarists to win the Frances Walton Competition in Seattle, a competition open to all classical
instruments. As part of the first prize, he performed live on King FM Seattle,
and gave over thirty concerts and school assemblies across Washington State.
Since
being selected as a performer for the Promising Artists of the 21st Century
Tour in 2014, Steven Lerman has taught, performed, and made radio appearances
across the U.S., and in Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, and France. In 2019, Steven
was featured on a CD with the two time Grammy award nominated choir True
Concord. The CD reached top ten on the Billboard and ITunes classical charts.
Mr.
Lerman taught for seven years as a graduate teaching assistant at both Florida State
University and the University of Arizona
where he completed his doctoral degree in 2019. He is currently guitar faculty
at Pima College
in Arizona where he has been a part of recruiting
one of the larger programs of its kind in the U.S. In addition to teaching at the
collegiate level, Mr. Lerman teaches music through a University
of Arizona run outreach program, for which
he has taught a classical guitar curriculum at sixteen underserved public
schools across Arizona
in the last five years.
Artist's website: stevenlermanguitar.com/