title: Keith Kirchoff
text: # Keith Kirchoff
  
  Keith Kirchoff is a pianist, composer, conductor, concert curator, and music teacher who has performed in the United States and Europe. He has degrees from the New England Conservatory and the University of Oregon. Kirchoff performed over 100 new works and has performed the Boston premiere of Charles Ives's Emerson Concerto and the world premiere of Matthew McConnell's Concerto for Toy Piano.
  
  ## Awards
  
  He has won many awards including:
  
  * The 2006 Steinway Society Piano Competition
  * The 2005 John Cage Award
  * The Silver Lake International Piano Concerto Competition
  * The Saint Paul Piano Teachers Association Competition
  