Antonio “Nio” Ajero

22-year old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero is a scholarship winner from the Texas Commission of the Arts under their Texas Young Masters Program. Nio has attended the PianoTexas Festival at Texas Christian University where he performed in concerts and studied with Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Igor Resnianski. He has appeared twice on NPR's From The Top and has won numerous piano competitions. Nio is a three-time National Gold Medalist from The Royal Conservatory for earning the highest marks in the United States for the Level 9, 10, and ARCT Piano Exams. He has performed in piano masterclasses with Fabio Bidini, Kenny Broberg, Hung-Kuan Chen, Sean Chen, Gary Graffman, Vadym Kholodenko, Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Kobrin, & Julian Martin. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at Oberlin College and Conservatory where he studied with 2001 Cliburn Gold Medalist Stanislav Ioudenitch.