Pianist Elias Dagher values music's power to tell stories and build community. He lives in Quincy, Massachusetts. Last spring, Elias completed a two-year fellowship at Bard College, where he worked daily with both vocalists and instrumentalists in his role as a collaborative pianist. The program is headed by pianists and vocal coaches Erika Switzer and Kayo Iwama, whose deep love of art song will leave a lasting impression on Elias.

Elias spent the summer of 2022 at the Tanglewood Music Center as a fellow and will return this summer. In January 2023, Elias and bass-baritone Michael Alexander Aoun presented two song recitals in Lebanon, at the Nabu Museum and the Lebanese American University of Beirut.

Elias holds degrees from Columbia University (where he participated in the Exchange Program with Juilliard) and New England Conservatory. Some of his most influential teachers have included Eugene Kaminsky, Jeffrey Goldberg, Julian Martin, Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Korsantia, Vivian Weilerstein and Cameron Stowe.

Website: https://eliasdagher.com/