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Sandra Shapiro is a first-generation American Classical Pianist born on July 6, 1960. She studied at the pre-college and college level of the Juilliard School of Music with Nadia Reisenberg, completed undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California with John Perry, and received her Artist Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University where she studied with the acclaimed pianist and teacher, Leon Fleisher.

She has won numerous awards and top prizes at National and International competitions including: First Prize at the World Piano Competition, Top prize at the Munich International Competition, First Prize at the Ellis Duo Piano Competition, Second Prize at the Dranoff International Competition, and Fourth prize at the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition. Performances span many countries including the United States, Israel, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Belgium, Spain and Germany. She has performed with numerous orchestras including New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra.

Sandra Shapiro is a Steinway Artist, and is on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she teaches piano and chamber music.