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Stephen Varney and Naomi Sanchez have been performing as Pas de Duo since 2005 when they captured First Prize at the National Federation of Music Club’s Ellis Duo-Piano Competition. They are also the recipients of the Abild American Music Award, the Charles & Francis Christmann Award, and First Prize at the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition. In 2006 they made their Carnegie Hall recital debut. The New York Concert Review Magazine proclaimed the concert was “like a profusion of Roman Candles…on a New Year’s Eve celebration: the audience simply loved it.” Pas de Duo is a favorite in concert series programs, and has appeared in numerous venues across the United States. They have been guest artists at the Chautauqua Institution, the New York Philomusica, and the San Francisco International Music Festival. Pas de Duo can be heard on the New York Philomusica label in a live performance of Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
Mr. Varney and Ms. Sanchez have extensive backgrounds as music teachers, and are the founders and directors of the Berkeley Academy of Music. They share a passion for working with young musicians, and have conducted master classes at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Converse College, Holy Names University, Ouachita Baptist University, the South Carolina Governor’s School, the Colorado Federation of Music Clubs, and the Suzuki Music Association of California.
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