Tanya Blaich
Education and Training
MM and DMA from New England Conservatory. Tanya Blaich attended the University Paris-Sorbonne and graduated from Walla Walla College in Washington. She moved to Vienna to pursue her passion for the German Lied repertoire, earning a diploma in performance from the Vienna Conservatory in vocal accompaniment and chamber music.
Awards and Recognition
Hannah Adler Scholarship recipient
Natica Righter Williams Endowed Scholarship recipient
First Prize Winner at the 2000 Robert Schumann Competition
Tanya Blaich
Division: College
Department: Faculty, Collaborative Piano
Instrument: Piano
Tanya Blaich is a pianist and teacher with particular sensitivity for and expertise in the song and collaborative piano repertoire. A faculty member of New England Conservatory's collaborative piano and voice departments since 2006, Blaich is co-coordinator of NEC’s Liederabend Series and teaches classes dedicated to the performance of song repertoire and in language diction and expression. Blaich has been praised for her “unfailingly expressive and finely judged” playing (The Guardian) and her “distinct and refined palette and textures” and “unwaveringly attentive” ensemble (Opera Today).
Blaich has performed in concert venues and festivals throughout the United States and Europe with such recitalists as Thomas Hampson, Paula Murrihy, Heidi Stober, Klemens Sander, and Sari Gruber. Recent highlights include song recitals at the Frankfurt Opera, the Oxford International Song Festival, and the Kurt Weill Festival. Upcoming concerts this year include song recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Paula Murrihy and at the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago with Heidi Stober. Blaich and Murrihy’s first album, I Will Walk With My Love: Folk-Inspired Songs and Myths was released on Orchid Classics in 2020 to great acclaim.
As a guest artist, Blaich has given song recitals and master classes at universities and colleges throughout the U.S. In addition to her collaborations with singers, she has performed as a chamber music partner with members of the Colorado, Lydian, and Miro string quartets. She has also served as a coach and rehearsal pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Odyssey Opera.
Tanya Blaich attended the University Paris-Sorbonne and graduated from Walla Walla College in Washington. She moved to Vienna to pursue her passion for the German Lied repertoire, earning a diploma in performance from the Vienna Conservatory in vocal accompaniment and chamber music.
Curriculum Vitae
MM and DMA from New England Conservatory. Tanya Blaich attended the University Paris-Sorbonne and graduated from Walla Walla College in Washington. She moved to Vienna to pursue her passion for the German Lied repertoire, earning a diploma in performance from the Vienna Conservatory in vocal accompaniment and chamber music.
- Hannah Adler Scholarship recipient
- Natica Righter Williams Endowed Scholarship recipient
- First Prize Winner at the 2000 Robert Schumann Competition
Affiliated Departments and Programs
Collaborative Piano