Joe Infurchia Piano Studio

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Welcome! With a background heavily steeped in classical piano, I happily teach a variety of styles to all ages and levels in the convenience of your own home! I thoroughly enjoy working with beginners on their first pieces and coaching their proper hand shapes all the way to readying upper level high schoolers for their college auditions. My students learn to look very in-depth at technique and comb a dignified sound with a highly refined musical sense and polish. We can also learn that favorite cool movie theme to play and impress friends.  I find that in my studio fun and progress go hand in hand. I also have developed a real knack for teaching adults, parents and retirees. I'm most proud to say that many of my families have continued lessons for more than 10 years with me.

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My curriculum brings a healthy balance of music including classical, pop, show tunes, movie themes, duets and many more.  I also cover music theory, composition and songwriting.  I personally tailor lessons to each student to make it the most enjoyable and productive learning experience.  We have an exciting annual studio recital every June.

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Most recently, I had the distinguished honor of befriending and becoming the final pupil of world celebrated classical piano legend Seymour Bernstein up until his passing in April of 2026. He was the recent subject of Ethan Hawke's award winning documentary "Seymour: an introduction" still found on Netflix. I was more than fortunate as his "investment" to have a marathon of bi-weekly piano lessons with him for the last five wisest years of his incredible 99 year lifespan. It is not an overstatement in saying he was the highest authority in classical piano on the planet, being the last living of the true golden age romantic pianists.  In the invaluable time we had together he tirelessly imparted to me all he could of his musical wisdom and authentically expressive style, which he was always happy to know I'd be passing onto my own pupils.

 

Seymour was the last man on our planet who could say: "My teacher studied with a man who personally met both Beethoven and Schubert", and actually have it be true! At one point Seymour was having lessons with Isidor Philipp in his final years at the Woodward Hotel in New York City. "Monsieur Philipp" was born in 1863 and was a close lifetime friend and classmate of Claude Debussy. One of Philipp's teachers was composer Stephen Heller (born in 1813). It is common knowledge that as a boy studying in Vienna with Beethoven pupil Anton Halm, Heller made the acquaintances of both Beethoven and Schubert.

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My deep music studies also include a Bachelors of Music in classical piano performance from Western Connecticut University, as well as a Bachelor Arts with a concentration in music and literature from The University of Connecticut. My recent Chopin and Liszt album has already gathered over 4000 streams on Spotify in the first month since being published. My 2019 Debussy recording was featured as the “Artist’s Pick” on Spotify’s official Debussy homepage.

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 I am also grateful to have had the privilege of studying with the renowned pianists Neal Larrabee (Rosina Lhevinne pupil), as well as Russell Hirshfield, and Patricia Lutnes (Karl Schnabel pupil). I value that these teachers of mine all have direct pupil links back to many of the major composers including Beethoven and Chopin themselves. I continued to further my studies in attendance at countless masterclasses and performances of world famous pianists including the late Menahem Pressler, founder of the Beaux Arts Trio.

 

I am very proud of my multiple pupil-teacher lineages that lead directly back to composers like Beethoven and Chopin. My newest added pedigree as a true pupil of my close friend and mentor Seymour Bernstein now makes me a fourth generation Chopin pupil, and a fifth generation Beethoven pupil. Almost any professor at the highest level in a conservatory or college these days can only sport themselves as being a sixth generation pupil of Beethoven or Chopin in most cases. Seymour held that unbelievable time-machine door open:

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Beethoven

Carl Czerny

Theodor Leschetizky ​

Alexander Brailowsky

Seymour Bernstein

Joe Infurchia​

 

Chopin

Georges Mathias

Isidor Philipp

Seymour Bernstein

Joe Infurchia​

 

Beethoven

Carl Czerny

Theodor Leschetizky

Vasily Safonov

Rosina Lhevinne

Near Larrabee, University of Connecticut

Joe Infurchia

 

Beethoven

Carl Czerny

Theodor Leschetizky

Artur Schnabel (first man to record all 32 Beethoven Sonatas)

Karl Schnabel, Artur's son

Patricia Lutnes, Western Connecticut State University

Joe Infurchia