Steven Mento

Steven Mento received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Delaware, studying applied piano with Leon Bates. After piano study with Annie Petit of The Curtis Institute, he enrolled in a Masters program at Temple University and worked with Harvey Wedeen in piano pedagogy. Steven Mento completed doctoral studies in piano performance at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Mento has performed in various locations in the United States and in Vienna, Austria for the Golden Key Festival in 2023, and has performed often at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

In 2003 Steven Mento composed and performed ‘Elegy’, for piano and orchestra, commissioned by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and ‘Algonquian Dreamcatcher’ for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony in March of 2016.

Duo Mento performed the world premiere of ‘Dies Irae’ for two pianos on October 23, 2008 at Merkin Hall in New York. His piano trio, ‘Music for Lancaster’ premiered with the Amael Trio in 2009 at the Festival Forfest in the Czech Republic.

‘On Angels Wings’ was premiered in 2022 by the MusiCaribe Chamber Orchestra.

‘Duo Mento’ was formed with his sister Loretta (Loretta was chosen by Sony Films to play Mozart in ‘Seven Pounds’) to perform four-hand piano literature.

Duo Mento performed works of Mozart on August 2023 at the Golden Key Festival in Vienna, Austria. Loretta premiered an original work which was awarded winner of a composition category.

Four hand and solo CDs are available on Eroica Classical with digital clips sold on CD Baby.

My performance of Beethoven Op. 90 on WWFM.org – January 30 2019 program ‘The Piano Matters’ with host David Dubal, about 18 minutes into the audio:

https://www.wwfm.org/post/piano-matters-jan-30

Pandora radio has listening stations ‘Steven Mento’ ‘Duo Mento’ and ‘Loretta Mento’