Highly in demand as a performer, Mr. Johnson has been heard in recital and on radio and television broadcasts throughout the United States. He received rave reviews for his solo recital debuts at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, and similar acclaim for his recitals in Brazil and Curaçao. He has performed solo recitals in numerous venues, including Kleinhans Music Hall and the Villa Maria Institute in Buffalo, Steinway Hall in New York City, the Apollo Muses Concert Series and the Watchung Arts Center in New Jersey, and Maine's Bar Harbor Music Festival. In addition to his debut with Italy's Orchestra Sinfonica del Estivi di Chioggia, Mr. Johnson has soloed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Westfield Symphony Orchestra, the Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, the Pinellas Youth Symphony, and the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, where he also serves as permanent Artist-in-Residence. In the summer of 1999, he was a featured guest artist at The Pierre Monteux School, appearing as soloist with the orchestra and in solo and chamber music recitals. He has performed in master classes with Leon Fleisher, André Michel Schub, David Buechner, Gyorgy Sebok, John Lill, Alexis Golovin, Grant Johannsson, Fanny Waterman and Nina Svetlanova. Mr. Johnson is currently recording two albums of American music at the Sony Music Studios in New York City.
A native of New Jersey, Mr. Johnson began studying piano at the age of five. While still in high school, he decided to pursue a professional career and began studying with Yelena and Lana Ivanov, from whom he still receives advice. In 1996, Mr. Johnson received his Bachelor's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, where he was a scholarship student of Abbey Simon. He received a Master's degree in 1998 from the Manhattan School of Music, where he continues to teach and study in a doctoral program with Byron Janis and Marc Silverman.
Mr. Johnson will perform with the Nittany Valley Symphony
in their "Love in Bloom" concert on Tuesday, April 9, 2002.
He last performed with the NVS in their Russians Revisited concert on Saturday, December 11, 1999.