Mary Voutsas
Mary-Victoria Voutsas, DMA, is a pianist, educator, and collaborative musician whose academic work centers on piano pedagogy, music theory, musicianship, and the interpretation of twentieth and twenty-first-century repertoire. An active member of the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association, she serves on its Executive Board and has contributed as Chair of General Recitals and Co-Chair of Programs.
Dr. Voutsas earned the Doctor of Musical Arts & Masters of Music in Piano and Piano Pedagogy from The Catholic University of America. Her doctoral dissertation, Understanding and Interpreting Piano Technique in For a Little White Seashell, Op. 1 by Manos Hadjidakis, explored questions of technique, interpretation, and performance practice, and her post graduate research pertains to the pedagogical value in George Crumb’s Makrokosmos. She completed her undergraduate studies in piano performance under Yuliya Gorenman, and graduate under Nikita Fitenko. Her university teaching has included piano, secondary piano, music theory, musicianship, and collaborative performance. She has taught at The Catholic University of America and Virginia Commonwealth University and is pleased to join Virginia State University as adjunct Associate Professor.
Alongside her teaching, Dr. Voutsas maintains an active performing and research career. Her academic and artistic engagements have included appearances at many universities (Santa Clara University, Sacramento, University of Delaware, etc) the Harvard Hellenic Center, and the Maliotis Cultural Center, as well as diplomatic venues including the Czech, Bulgarian, Thai, and Chinese embassies. In 2026, she toured Greece performing Busoni’s transcriptions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and French Suites. She is a PETROF Artist, serves as Artist-in-Residence for the World Bank Recital Series, and sits on the board of the Washington International Piano Festival.
Her scholarly interests include historically informed keyboard practice (she will happily show you the box-kit harpsichord she built), music composed during and just post WWII, piano pedagogy, and the music of Franz Liszt. Her current concert program, Gods & Dances, is a recital series highlighting the Greek modernist tradition through music by Dimitri Mitropoulos, Manos Hadjidakis, and Iannis Xenakis. Her teaching emphasizes thoughtful musicianship, stylistic understanding, and practical, independent approaches to lifelong musical learning.