Brian Holland

performer-pic Most Recent NVRS Performance : Sunday, May 12, 2002

Brian Holland is one of today's top performers of ragtime and stride piano. He enthralls his audiences by combining impressively dexterous pyrotechnics with a very laid-back approach.

Brian has the distinction of being a World Old-time Piano Playing Champion (1997-'99) of a competition sponsored by the Old-time Music Preservation Association (OMPA), winning his third title at only twenty-seven years of age. He is currently the youngest three-time (and therefore "retired") champion of this event, held since 1975.

Brian has been a featured performer at many ragtime festivals, including the Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia, Missouri. He often teams with other artists to perform two-piano concerts, and will be giving a series of two-piano presentations with fellow pianist Jeff Barnhart during 2002 in Frankenmuth, Michigan ; Indianapolis, Indiana ; Columbia, Missouri ; and Sedalia, Missouri.

Brian Holland has several recordings currently available, including two recent critically acclaimed additions:

  • Stompin’ ‘Em Down - his third excursion into two-piano madness with Jeff Barnhart
  • ­ The Finger Buster -­ his solo recording of the masterpieces of well-known masters of ragtime, novelty and stride