Brian Grothues was born in Uvalde, Texas on March 24, 1982. After graduating from Tivy High School, Mr. Grothues pursued music at The University of North Texas in Denton Texas, earning his Bachelor’s Degree in 2005 under the tutelage of Jim Giles and Gustavo Romero. Brian moved to Austin and completed the Master’s Degree in Piano Literature and Pedagogy from the University of Texas in 2006 under the guidance of celebrated pianist Gregory Allen and Sophia Gilmson. He has studied piano and music history in Vienna, Austria as a member of the IES study abroad program. Brian has collaborated with a multitude of instrumentalists and vocalists in concert. Mr. Grothues won a scholarship in 2007 to attend the Dorothy Taubman Seminar in New York at Lincoln center where he participated in a master class given by Father Paul Maillet. In Austin, Brian is an accompanist for The University of Texas Ballet and plays in a Queen tribute band called Magnifico.