Maja Tremiszewska
Pianist / vocal coach
About Me
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I’m a classically trained concert pianist and vocal coach, drawn to the space where piano, opera, and the wonderfully unpredictable art of collaboration meet. Born and raised in Poland, I grew up with deep musical roots before making Boston my artistic home in 2003. Since then, I’ve performed as a recitalist, soloist, collaborative pianist, and occasional orchestral keyboardist on stages throughout Boston, New York, and beyond.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of performing in some remarkable venues and alongside inspiring musicians. My experiences have taken me from Boston Symphony Hall and Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed with the Boston Pops to Merkin Hall in New York, where I performed in the premiere of Larry Bell’s Preludes and Fugues. I’ve appeared at the Harvard Art Museums with the Refugee Orchestra Project, performed in Boston Lyric Opera’s The Rake’s Progress at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, and played Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra at the Tsai Performance Center.
Opera is very much the gravitational center of my musical life. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working as an Emerging Artist and staff pianist with Boston Lyric Opera, and as Master Coach for the MassOpera Young Artists Program at Longy School of Music of Bard College. I’ve also worked as a coach and répétiteur with companies including MassOpera, Guerilla Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, and NEMPAC. My operatic repertoire spans from Mozart to Poulenc, encompassing works by Verdi, Donizetti, Britten, Massenet, and many others. I am particularly drawn to repertoire that brings together compelling vocal writing, dramatic depth, and the collaborative possibilities at the heart of opera.
Since its founding in 2019, I’ve been proud to collaborate with Enigma Chamber Opera, helping bring Britten’s Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace, and The Prodigal Son to life, as well as The Turn of the Screw at the New England Conservatory. During the pandemic lockdown, I also recorded piano tracks for Mozart’s The Impresario as part of the company’s digital reimagining of the opera. More recently, my work has taken me from Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète and Saint-Saëns’ Henry VIII at Bard SummerScape, to Wagner’s Das Rheingold in Miami, and to Norma and La Damnation de Faust with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. I’ve also traveled to Portugal and Spain to perform continuo for Handel’s Acis and Galatea with students from the Shenandoah Conservatory.
Beyond the opera pit, I’ve built a parallel life as an orchestral keyboardist, performing with ensembles such as the Boston Pops, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Miami Summer Music Festival Orchestra, and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Orchestra. During my doctoral studies at Boston University, I was a frequent guest at the piano with the university’s orchestras, appearing both as keyboardist and soloist in repertoire ranging from symphonic staples to opera to the occasional cinematic score.
I also occasionally swap the stage for the lectern, wearing both a chamber musician’s and a scholar’s hat. In fall 2025,
that dual identity took me to Gdańsk, where I presented and performed at the International Chamber Music Conference From the Forgotten Pages of Polish Chamber Music—a fitting excuse to bring overlooked repertoire back into the spotlight, and to return to my musical roots.
I currently serve as Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching at Shenandoah Conservatory, where I work closely with singers on repertoire, language, musical interpretation, and dramatic expression. Previously, I taught in the Voice Department at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where I also served as a répétiteur for opera productions.
My work as a collaborative pianist has been recognized with First Prize at the First International Chamber Music Competition of the Chamber Music Society of New England, which led to a performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. I hold a Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano from Boston University, a Graduate Performance Diploma from Boston Conservatory, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk.
I have also had the opportunity to participate in fellowships and residencies at the Aspen Opera Center, Miami Music Festival, and Chicago Summer Opera. These experiences have broadened my stylistic range, strengthened my adaptability as a collaborative musician, and deepened my understanding of the many different approaches to rehearsal and performance.
I am currently based in Ashburn, Virginia, where I continue to balance teaching, performing, coaching, and collaborative work.