Rosa Villar-Córdova Scott’s pursuit of expressive pianism has caused her to be noted as an artist of unique abilities. Since
her debut with the National Orchestra of Peru at the age of twelve her talents as a pianist and collaborator have brought her to
stages across America, Europe and South America. Especially of note are her performances as soloist with orchestras in both South America and the United States.
The
Peruvian-Spanish pianist has been an award recipient in many
competitions. These include prizes in the Bradshaw & Buono
International Competition, National Society of Arts and Letters
(Florida Chapter), the Central Florida Symphony Concerto Competition,
the NYU Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Tutte le Corde
(Music after 1950) among others in the United
States. Also, in her native country of Perú she has received
recognition for her accomplishments by garnering first prize in the
National Concerto Competition and receiving the Southern Perú
Corporation Music Award.
Rosa Scott performances as a soloist and chamber musician have given her
the opportunity to appear in master classes and lectures given by world-renowned
artists such as Vladimir Feldsman, Mischa Dichter, John Perry, Arthur
Pizarro, Glenn Dicterow, Daniel Epstein, Ursula Oppens, Donald Berman,
Seymour Bernstein, Joaquin Achucarro, Mark Durand, Julian Martin,
Robert McDonald, Ann Schein, Paul Posnak, Frank Cooper and Isaac Stern. She has also been awarded scholarships
to participate in such noted music festivals as Marguess International
Music Festival in Switzerland, the Gijón Festival in Spain, the International Institute for Young Musicians in Kansas City, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes School in New York.
The pianist Elena Ichikawa at the National Conservatory of Music in Peru was Rosa's first teacher in her home city of Lima. After she moved to the United
States she was given the opportunity to study with such celebrated
teachers as Susan Starr, Roberta Rust, Kemal Gekic and Nina Svetlanova. She also spent two years in Italy
studying with the French pianist Marylene Mouquet and the Italian
pianist Sergio Perticaroli. While living there she was awarded a music
grant by the province of Rome. Upon her return to New
York she received two scholarships from the Marion and Eubie Blake
scholarship award and the Steinhardt department at NYU to continue her
studies in piano performance with Professor Miyoko Lotto. She
attended the Manhattan School of Music and New York University
for
her Master's degree and she was awarded a full scholarship
to study with Dr. Jonathan Bass at The Boston Conservatory where she received a post graduate diploma in performance. Last year she married brilliant pianist Marion Scott and she is currently under scholarship in the Artist Diploma program at the Frost School of Music studying with professor Tian-Ying .