What Luba Offers
Performer
Solo recitals and chamber music across prestigious venues in New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., and beyond.
Teacher
Faculty at Manhattan School of Music Summer and Adamant Music School; private studio in Manhattan welcoming students of all ages and levels.
Coach
Chamber music coaching with the New York Youth Symphony, fostering ensemble artistry and musical collaboration.
Mentor
A guide for developing musicians, drawing on decades of international performance and academic experience.
Biography
A lifetime devoted
to music
Luba Poliak made her professional debut at eleven, performing Mozart with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra. She has since performed on four continents as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
Her concert appearances include the 92nd Street Y and Bargemusic in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the Embassy Series in Washington, D.C., and Dudley Recital Hall in Houston. Broadcasts have aired on WFMT Chicago, ABC Classical FM in Australia, and Kol Hamusica in Israel. Festival engagements include the Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the Houston Piano Institute.
Born in Novosibirsk, Russia, she began piano at age six and immigrated to Israel as a child. She graduated magna cum laude from the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv, continued her studies at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the Verbier Academy, earned her Master's degree with honors from the New England Conservatory, and completed her Doctorate at Stony Brook University under Gilbert Kalish.
Her teaching career spans eighteen years on the faculty of the 92nd Street Y, as well as appointments at the University of Houston, Lawrence University, and Bard College Conservatory. She now maintains a private studio in Manhattan, coaches chamber music with the New York Youth Symphony, and teaches at Manhattan School of Music Summer and Adamant Music School. She is also the founder and curator of the Musical Soirée Series — an ongoing concert series for adult pianists.
Media
Listen & Watch
Videos
Piano Four Hands — Anna Khanina & Luba Poliak
Mozart · Debussy · Moszkowski · Dvořák · Bizet
Emerson Avenue Salons, May 2025
Recordings
Rachmaninov — Prelude No. 12 in G-sharp minor
Prokofiev — Sonata No. 8, Op. 84, 3rd Movement
Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 9
Performances
On Stage
Upcoming
June 14, 2026
Sunday
Emerson Avenue Salons
McLean, VA
Four-hands piano — Anna Khanina & Luba Poliak
Past Highlights
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series
Chicago, IL
Solo recital — broadcast live on WFMT 98.7 (2011); duo recital with cellist Tomoko Fujita — broadcast live on WFMT 98.7 (2016)
92nd Street Y Faculty Concert Series
New York, NY
Solo recital
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts
Katonah, NY
Chamber music
Bargemusic
Brooklyn, NY
Chamber music
Roerich Museum
New York, NY
Solo recital
Harvard Club of New York
New York, NY
Solo recital
Bechstein Artist Series, Bechstein Center
New York, NY
Solo recital
Hungarian Consulate
New York, NY
Solo recital
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
Chamber music
The Embassy Series, Embassy of Bulgaria
Washington, D.C.
Chamber music
Middlebury College, Center for the Arts
Middlebury, VT
Solo recital
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Duo recital with cellist Tomoko Fujita
Dudley Recital Hall, University of Houston
Houston, TX
Solo recital
Aspen Music Festival & School
Aspen, CO
Chamber music — piano solo and collaborative program fellow
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival
Brunswick, ME
Chamber music
Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Stony Brook, NY
Concerto — Ravel, Concerto in G major
Bacau Symphony Orchestra of Romania
Italy (tour)
Beethoven Concerto No. 4, Op. 58; Ravel Concerto in G major
Haifa Youth Orchestra
Haifa, Israel
Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra
Novosibirsk, Russia
Professional debut — Mozart K.595 and K.467; Bach Double Concerto BWV 1060
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