Hailed by critics as “sensitive, musical, and incredibly intelligent,” American pianist Cade Roberts has performed across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Estonia, Spain, and the United States in venues including Carnegie Hall, Pärnu Concert Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and Mozarteum Solitär. Prior concert appearances have included the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Young Artists Series, Gijón International Piano Festival, MSM Bach Festival, MSM Chamber Music Festival, Peekskill Concert Series, Mozarteum Summer Academy, mdw International Summer Academy, and Euro Arts Music Festival & Academy. Former chamber music and Lied collaborators have included Clara Cho, Jonah Murphy, Timothy Tse, Laura Kießkalt, Jonah Hoskins, Nathan Cox, Elizabeth Cox, and Hafrún Birna Björnsdóttir. Alongside traditional classical repertoire, Roberts advocates for music by Estonian composers and has given premieres of works by Veljo Tormis, Alisson Kruusmaa, and Jonas Tarm.

Born in La Jolla, California, Roberts holds degrees in piano from the Manhattan School of Music and Brigham Young University, where he studied with Marc Silverman and Stephen Beus, respectively, with additional studies at Mozarteum University under Claudius Tanski. He is interested in historical improvisation and has been conducting academic research on the historical performance practice of the Eingang in 17th century music specifically in the music of W.A. Mozart. He has taught piano at the Bronx Conservatory of Music and the Marymount School of New York.