Eleonor Bindman was born in Riga, Latvia, where she became a music student at the age of five. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and earned a B.A. in Music from New York University, while continuing her piano studies on a scholarship at the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center. Her mentors included Lev Natochenny, Richard Contiguglia and Vladimir Feltsman, under whose guidance she completed her M.A. in Piano Pedagogy at SUNY, New Paltz.

Ms. Bindman has an extensive background as a recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall for the past 11 years and will be next performing there in February 2005, under the aegis of MidAmerica Productions. Her concerto appearances include the National Music Week Orchestra, the Staten Island Symphony, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Russia, among others. She is a prizewinner of the New Orleans, Ferruccio Busoni and Jose Iturbi international piano competitions and an awardee of the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts and the American Musical Scholarship Association. Ms. Bindman has participated in various music festivals, most recently performing at the Festival Internacional Bravissimo in Guatemala City. She is a published author of piano music, an active recording artist and a dedicated music educator, maintaining a piano studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where she resides with her family.