About
Concert Pianist, Master Teacher, Artistic Coach, Clinician & Adjudicator, Recording Artist.
Well-known as a music educator and performer, Dr. Lily Diehl has placed in several musical competitions, and was noted as being the "Most Versatile Performer of the Year" in Southern California for her outstanding achievement as a pianist, vocalist and lead role in The Sound of Music. Her 40+ years of teaching in private colleges, state universities as well as directing her own successful private music studio span the globe from Philippines, Canada and the United States.
Dr. Diehl has influenced hundreds of young lives. "Teacher Lily," as she is fondly called by her students, is goal-oriented and disciplined, totally professional, yet full of fun-loving enthusiasm. Her extensive applied research in the effectiveness of group piano instruction became trend setting in keyboard pedagogy. Many of Dr. Diehl's students have been accepted at music schools, such as Oberlin and Peabody conservatories and the Eastman School of Music. She strives to develop students not only to be good performers, but more importantly serviceable musicians.
Her mentors include Hungarian pianist Gyorgy Sandor (student of Bela Bartok), Russian pianist Serge Tarnowsky (teacher of Vladimir Horowitz), Joanna Graudan (student of Artur Schnabel) and Ruth Slencynska.