Katya Grineva made up her mind when she first set foot in New York City as a Russian teenager that she would play Carnegie Hall. The concert pianist has done it in spades: 2007 marks her ninth consecutive year gracing the time-honored stage, the first female solo pianist to hold that record.
Lisa Bielawa fell in love with a piano and moved in, taking out a loan to pay for it. Currently composer in residence at the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Lisa creates new works for soloist and orchestra, taking inspiration from literary sources and close artistic collaborations. Oh, and the piano is paid in full.
Jeff Arch, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Sleepless in Seattle, loves more than anything to make people laugh. A former owner of a martial arts studio, Jeff stopped writing for three years before finally scripting the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan blockbuster romantic comedy that catapulted him into the big leagues.
