Students of Jorge Bolet

A very incomplete list. Feel free to add to it, using the Contact page.

Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana

Francisco Rennó (Brazil)

Gary Thor Wedow

Glenn Winters (1970-76)

Ira (Philip) Levin (1976)

Andrzej Ratusiński (Starachowice, Poland)

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Curtis Institute, Philadelphia

Meng-Chieh Liu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Ira (Philip) Levin (1977- )

Ju Hee Suh (Seoul, South Korea)

Makoto Ueno (Japan) see here

Thomas Sauer (USA) see here

Anthony Padilla

Graydon Goldsby

Wonmi Kim (South Korea)

Gustavo Rivero Weber (Mexico)

Károly Mocsári (Hungary) 1984-86

Ira Levin (b. Chicago, 1958). At Indiana University in 1976, he began to study with Jorge Bolet; he then went on to Curtis, and after graduation became teaching assistant to Mr. Bolet.

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Studied with JB (privately)

Teresa Escandon

Henry Lowinger

Panayis Lyras (Panaghis Lykiardopoulos [1953-2025], Athens, Greece)

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A selection of students from masterclasses

Hélène Grimaud

Barry Douglas (Northern Ireland, UK)

José Feghali (Brazil, 1961- 2014)

Kathryn Stott (UK)

Philip Smith (UK)

Marc-Antonio Barone (USA)

Wolfgang Manz (Germany)

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Andrzej Ratusiński (born 9 November, 1949 in Starachowice, Poland) is aPolish pianist living in Germany.

He studied from 1968 to 1973 at the Academy of Music in Warsaw with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro . He continued his studies with Vladimir Horowitz , Artur Rubinstein , and Jorge Bolet . He received prizes and awards at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano (1973) and the Pyotr Tchaikovsky International Music Competition in Moscow (1974).

In 1982 he moved to Germany. In 1990 he was appointed professor at the State University of Music and Performing Arts (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst) in Stuttgart , where he taught piano.

In addition to his teaching work, he performs on concert stages with orchestras including the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande , Wiener Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker with a classical repertoire, as well as works by Polish composers from Chopin to Lutosławski and Penderecki.