Blair McMillen has established himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after young pianists today.  Hailed by the NY Times as “brilliant” and “prodigiously accomplished and exciting,” he has given concerto appearances in Alice Tully Hall, was chosen soloist on a tour of Japan with the Juilliard Orchestra, and frequently performs recitals of imaginative and daring programming.  Equally at home in both new and traditional repertoire, recent venues include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Moscow Conservatory, Miller Theatre, CalArts, the Minsk Conservatory (Belarus), Caramoor, Concerten Tot en Met (Amsterdam), Harvard University, La Jolla, Casals Hall (Tokyo), and concerto appearances with American Ballet Theatre in NYC.  In the 2005-2006 season, he makes his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist under the baton of David Robertson.  Mr. McMillen's playing has been broadcast on "CBS-Sunday Morning," NPR, Fuji-TV (Japan), WQXR, and WNYC.              Mr. McMillen is a founding member of the composer/performer collective counter)induction, recent winners of an ASCAP/CMA Adventurous Programming Award.  He is pianist for the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players.  Other collaborations include tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, soprano Lucy Shelton, clarinetist David Krakauer, the American String Quartet, the New York Woodwind Quintet, the Eos Orchestra, Locrian Chamber Players, "East Meets West"/Amelia Piano Trio, and the New Juilliard Ensemble.  A past winner of the National Young Artists Competition, the Time-Warner Award at the Aspen Music Festival, the Sony ES Career Grant, and the Juilliard Gina Bachauer Award, Blair McMillen holds degrees from Oberlin College, Manhattan School of Music, and the Juilliard School.  His teachers have included Jerome Lowenthal, Byron Janis, Joseph Kalichstein, and Robert McDonald.  Mr. McMillen currently serves on the piano faculty at Bard College.