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Board of Directors

*Denotes Member, Executive Committee

President

Jay Hershberger*

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Chapter President

Jeff LaDeur

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Membership Secretary

Renata Yuill*

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Archivist

Helen Smith Tarchalski

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Board of Directors

Gila Goldstein

President, NY/NJ Chapter

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Board of Directors

Edward Rath*

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Vice President

Alexandre Dossin*​

President, Oregon Chapter

Chair, 2012, 2027 Festivals

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Treasurer

Daniel Paul Horn*

President, Chicago Chapter

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ALS Journal

Ben Arnold

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Website & Social Media

Ji-Hyang Gwak

Secretary, Ohio Chapter

Assistant Director, Franz Liszt International Piano Festival and Competition

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Board of Directors

Caroline Hong

President, Ohio Chapter

Artistic Director, Franz Liszt International Piano Festival and Competition

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Board of Directors

Steven Spooner

President, Baltimore-Washington Chapter

Chair, 2009 festival

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Executive Secretary

Éva Polgár*

Co-Director,  
Los Angeles International Liszt Competition

Chair, 2025 Festival

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Treasurer-elect

Ryan Behan*

President, Indianapolis Chapter

​Co-Director, Franz Liszt International Piano Festival and Competition

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ALS Newsletter

Derek Parsons

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International Membership

Mei Li

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Board of Directors

Ksenia Nosikova

President, Iowa Chapter

Paul Barnes

Chair of Chapters

Paul Barnes

Chair,

2005, 2010, 2026 Festivals

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Historian

Farhan Malik

Historian, Scholar, Keyboard Archivist

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Recruitment

Richard Fountain

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Board of Directors

Gabriel Dobner

Chair, 2014 Festival

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Board of Directors

Dmitry Rachmanov

President, Southern California Chapter

Chair, 2016 Festival

President Emeritus    

  ∙ Fernando Laires (d. 2016)

Professor Emeritus

Eastman School of Music

University of Rochester 

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  ∙ Frank Cooper 

Professor Emeritus

Frost School of Music

University of Miami 

 

  ∙ Thomas Mastroianni (d. 2014)

Professor

Benjamin T. Rome School of Music

Catholic University of America

Directors Emeriti      

  ∙ Geraldine Keeling

  ∙ Barbara Kolb

  ∙ Jonathan Kregor

  ∙ William Wellborn

  ∙ Alan Walker 

  ∙ Richard Zimdars​

  ∙ Luiz de Moura Castro (posthumous, d. 2025)

  ∙ Justin Kolb

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Franz Liszt through excellence in music performance and scholarship.

 

© 2026 by American Liszt Society 

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