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  • SWITZERLAND TOUR 2026

    October 5 ZOLLIKON
    October 6 HOTTINGEN
    October 8 ZÜRICH-ENGE
    October 9 BASEL
    October 11 MEILEN
    October 12 PFÄFFIKON
    October 13 HORGEN
    October 14 SEGETEN

  • BENEFIT SOLO RECITAL

    Musikschule Fürth, Germany in collaboration with the local Lions Club
    October 16

  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

    Pueblo Keyboard Arts Festival
    Colorado State University
    Pueblo, Colorado
    November 6 and 7

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Looking forward to contributing to the work of @lionsclub_fuerthkleeblatt with my music #benefitconcert #lionsclubinternational #concertpianist
Looking forward to my annual visit 🇨🇭and to performing!
Hello from Queen Elizabeth👋 Concert no. 1 was amazing! Thank you for the standing ovation of a large and super engaged audience. The Waldstein Sonata and the third Chopin Scherzo might have been today’s audience favorites. Looking forward to
Hello from my piano studio at the Dana School of Music! What an exciting start to the semester🎹👏
Early start today to join Queen Elizabeth in Seattle on her journey to Alaska. I am excited to present three recitals aboard. My favorite program is concert no 2 with a juxtaposition of Debussy preludes and works by composers using the same compositi
So excited for the new concert season! 📷rogermastroianni @keresztes_recitals_concerts

  • A star in the piano world

    Donald Hunt - Pianist Magazine

  • Majestic, towering, regal readings full of gradations of light

    Zsolt Bognar - Living the Classical Life

  • I just saw your performances on the Queen Mary...what a gift you gave us. Such superb playing and wonderful commentary. Thank you so much.

    Michael K, Cambridge MA - December 2025

  • Seeing Caroline perform 3 times on our Alaska excursion on the Queen Elizabeth was our favorite part of the cruise. Such elegance and we loved how she explained the songs and spoke about them. Her upcoming tour in Switzerland will be so fun for her! And she's on Apple Music!!!!!

    Meredith S - September 2026

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Journal
THE BACKSTAGE DIARY - 8 Questions from my Tour on Queen Elizabeth
THE BACKSTAGE DIARY - 8 Questions from my Tour on Queen Elizabeth

There is nothing quite like the energy of a live audience, be it in a concert hall or at sea

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A Photo Shoot Is Never Just a Photo Shoot
A Photo Shoot Is Never Just a Photo Shoot

A photo shoot is often seen as something purely visual—an opportunity to “get new pictures.” But for a concert pianist, especially in a space that carries personal and artistic meaning, it becomes something much deeper: a reflection of identity, legacy, and connection

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The Layover, the Lost iPad, and the Backup I Finally Made
The Layover, the Lost iPad, and the Backup I Finally Made

We often don’t recognize the true importance of things until they are suddenly gone.

Returning to the U.S. from a recent trip, I had a very tight layover at Newark. Immigration moved swiftly (thanks to Global Entry), and the luggage recheck was efficient as well. Security, however, was another story

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Journal Favorites

  • On my recent tour to China I was asked to include Chinese tunes in the program. I didn't know what to expect. How would the music sound, how would the audience like it? As I played these tunes there was one, that started embedding itself in my mind. I am used to having music in my head all the time. These tunes come and go, some stay longer, but this one kept haunting me. It pretty much became the 'film score' to my entire China tour…

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  • If someone were to asked me, what recordings I would take to a lonely island, I would  put on top of my list Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise” (Winter Journey). 

    Some of the songs in this cycle are folk melodies, others offer deeply philosophical words of wisdom, and the accompanying piano becomes a companion on this winter journey highlighting and deepening the words of the poetry…

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  • Here I am, sitting on a train from Switzerland to Germany, playing on my travel piano. Honestly, I thought I was done with it. After the initial excitement wore off, the foldable keyboard sat untouched for months—I was even about to donate it.

    At first, I was thrilled by the idea of having easy access to a keyboard while on tour. But that excitement gradually faded.

    Some of the original pros still hold up…


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