“When I decided to create the Mikowsky Recital Hall at Manhattan School of Music in 2010 (expanded in 2018), where I had been teaching since 1969, choosing Steinway for both the concert hall's grand and 2 professional grands for backstage and for my new studio was the logical result of years of satisfaction with the unique qualities of the Steinway piano that no other instrument could match. Likewise, Steinway was the inspiration for my gift of 2 concert grands to 2 concert halls in Havana, where I was born, and 2 pianos for the Mikowsky Recital Hall at the Chicago College of the Performing arts, where I also taught for 11 years.”

Solomon Mikowsky