15th Annual Mildred Miller International Voice Competition

James Lesniak, pianist has been Associate Coach/Pianist with Pittsburgh Opera since 2006 and also made his conducting debut in 2017 with Pittsburgh Opera’s production of composer Laura Kaminsky’s As One, and conducted Pittsburgh Opera’s productions of Glory Denied, The Rose Elf, and most recently, Proving Up. He has been an official pianist for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont National Council Auditions. For the summer months, he frequently returns to the music staff of the prestigious Santa Fe Opera, where he has served as Musical Director for their Winter Concert Tour and was on the music staff for the Grammy Award winning production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.