Megan Angriawan

Winner of the 2018 Barry Manilow Competition, pianist and pedagogue Megan Angriawan has performed at music festivals and competitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She has received numerous honors, including the Pauline Favin Memorial Prize and the Lillian Gutman Memorial Prize. In 2019, she earned top honors at the Brevard Music Center Zimmerli Piano Competition. Most recently, her orchestral work Entrancing Whirlwind won the 2025 UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition and was premiered at the season’s final concert. As a pedagogue, Megan is committed to expanding the impact of Western classical music while fostering cross-cultural dialogue through the integration of Indonesian musical language and traditions. She is passionate about sharing classical music with a broader audience and future generations, and remains a devoted performer and educator in both piano and music theory. An active presenter and researcher, she has presented at conferences including the 2025 CMS National Conference, The Piano Conference: NCKP, and Wisconsin Music Teachers Association (WMTA) State Conference. Her current research explores the integration of theoretical concepts into piano pedagogy, alongside the incorporation and sharing of Indonesian musical language and culture through her original compositions and piano arrangements. Megan is a DMA candidate in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also pursues a doctoral minor in music theory. She received her Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory. Megan has served as a Teaching Assistant in the Music Theory Department at both UW-Madison and Peabody Conservatory.