Steven Blier

Pianist Steven Blier is among the leading American song accompanists, and he founded the durable New York Festival of Song. He is also a prominent educator. Blier was born on November 25, 1951, in New York. As a child, he enjoyed the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan and then became interested in opera and, finally, art song, once hearing a recital by soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. He attended Yale University, majoring in English literature and graduating with top honors, but he also studied piano on the side, taking lessons with Alexander Farkas. Blier moved to New York and we...