Kyle Orth

Kyle Orth is an accomplished American pianist and Guest Lecturer in Piano at Wheaton College, Illinois, who joined the faculty in 2021.1 He is known for his exceptional virtuosity and artistic sensitivity, with performances described as "spine-tingling" and "breathtaking".1

Education and Achievements

Orth holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Christian University and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory.1 He is currently a doctoral candidate in the highly selective DMA program at the New England Conservatory.1

Throughout his career, Orth has achieved numerous accolades:

• Over 20 first-place wins in local, national, and international music competitions
• Grand Prize in the Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition
• First Prize in the Dallas International Piano Competition and Hellam Young Artists Competition
• Top prizes at the Corpus Christi International Piano Competition and Wideman International Competition
• Audience Award at the Washington International Piano Competition finals1

Performance and Collaborations

As a soloist and chamber musician, Kyle Orth has:

• Made his orchestral debut at age 15, performing Saint-Saëns
• Performed at prestigious international festivals, including the Perlman Music Program and Ravinia Steans Music Institute
• Co-founded the Caspian Quartet, a selected honors ensemble at the New England Conservatory
• Collaborated with renowned artists such as Donald Weilerstein and Angelo Xiang Yu
• Appeared in radio broadcasts on WGBH-WCRB in Boston and WRR in Dallas1

Teaching and Outreach

Orth is deeply committed to music education. He regularly participates in Cliburn in the Classroom, a program that brings classical music to thousands of children in public schools across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.1

His LinkedIn profile, under the username kyleorthpiano, further confirms his role as a Guest Lecturer at Wheaton College and highlights his experience concertizing across the United States, Israel, and Mexico.2