Tanya Schwartzman is the Music Director of the Sharon Music Academy, which she founded in 1990. She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Piano, a Master Teacher of the World Piano Competition, and a faculty member of several international summer music programs. Tanya is a recipient of the 2017, 2020,2022, and 2023 "Top Teacher of the Year" Awards from Steinway & Sons. In 2023, Tanya became a Steinway Teacher and was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame for her achievements in piano and piano pedagogy.
Tanya holds an MA in Musical Education from the prestigious Novosibirsk Conservatory (Russia) and conducted postgraduate studies at the Moscow Pedagogical University, where she subsequently taught piano pedagogy to future piano teachers. She is the author of several articles in Music Theory and Pedagogy and the book "Klever Keys Scales – Piano Scales for the Early Beginner." Among her students are many winners of local, national, and prestigious international piano competitions, including the International Young Artists Competition in Washington, DC, the Manchester Young Artist Competition in Connecticut, the Young Promise International Music Competition, and the Paderewski International Piano Competition. Tanya's students have been selected to perform in Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, and France, as well as on famous stages in the US, such as Carnegie Hall in New York and John. F.  Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Recently, her students have been featured in the popular PBS TV show "From the Top" and the WGBH radio show with Cathy Fuller. Tanya is the former vice president of MMTA and a board member of the New England Piano Teachers Association. She is frequently invited to serve as a judge at various piano competitions. She created and served as an anchor of the popular local cable TV show "Musical Moments with Tanya."