Steve Sternberg

Tallahassee, Florida pianist and composer Steve Sternberg will capture your musical heart and soul with his energetic, playful and moving piano music. He plays the old obscure covers and his contemporary originals. You'll hear boogie-woogie from the 20'and 30's and ragtime, as well as original blues, pop and classical. In 2002 Sternberg won a Best New Florida Song award with his "Apalachicola Blues." As a solo artist Steve Sternberg has been entertaining audiences from ages 3 to 103 throughout Florida since 1989. He is loved for his versatility and for his upbeat, informative rapport with his listeners. By popular demand Steve was a regular performer at the Florida Folk Festival, the nation’s largest and oldest folk fest, for eight years. In the past few years Sternberg has performed in house concerts in Tallahassee, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Winter Haven and Boca Raton.
The old and the new, the down 'n dirty and the sublime ...that's Steve Sternberg's eclectic blend of piano music. The release of his 3rd CD Shout for Joy establishes Sternberg as a piano player with power and sensitivity, as a songwriter with wit, charm and depth of the soul. Sternberg entertains audiences throughout Florida with his wide range of piano stylings done with flair. He’ll play a rollicking Pete Johnson or Albert Ammons boogie-woogie from the 1930’s, an original contemporary blues, a Joplin rag, or an evocative, serene neo-classical original.

He has also performed in other festivals, events, clubs and at private parties throughout the country both as a soloist and as a member of pop, rock, blues, latin and jazz bands. Steve's first CD, Honky Tonk Soulstice was released in 1997. Three of the CD's twelve songs are originals.

Steve's 2nd CD, Shout for Joy, was released in September of 2005. It contains five boogie-woogies and eight original tunes including a re-release of "Apalachicola Blues" and "Forgotten Coast Blues". Sternberg released his 3rd CD "Hidden Jewels" in 2016 containing all-original material.

Steve is a music educator, having performed in residencies in 14 Florida school districts. He teaches private lessons in Tallahassee. Sternberg performs full-time at retirement homes in Tallahassee and throughout Florida.