In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis). Stephen made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. Since then, he has performed at such venues as Wigmore Hall, the Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot, Merkin Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Beijing Central Conservatory, Dame Myra Hess Series, and has given recitals across the United States, as well as in Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, China, France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Morocco. Stephen is on the faculty at Brigham Young University.