Hailed for her “colorful, flexible and expressive playing” (Res Musica), pianist Alexa Stier has performed extensively in Europe, the United States and South America. Alexa is a top prizewinner of the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition, and a laureate of the Orléans International Piano Competition and the George Enescu International Piano Competition. Alexa’s most notable engagements include a solo appearance with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and solo recitals and chamber music collaborations at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, the Time:Spans Festival (New York City). As a Hungarian pianist hailing from Romania, Alexa regularly represents her cultural heritage at embassies around the world. Alexa is the founder and artistic director of the ContemporArt Festival and non-profit organization, which offers free chamber music concerts and music education to her hometown community. Alexa holds diplomas from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Yale School of Music, where she is currently a doctoral candidate, studying with Boris Berman and Wei-Yi Yang. From the fall of 2026, Alexa serves as adjunct piano faculty at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music.