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Michael Chertock

As a pianist, Chertock has appeared as soloist with many of North America’s leading orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the orchestras of Dallas, Baltimore, Detroit, and Indianapolis. He has also performed in more than fifty concerts and five national tours with the Boston Pops Orchestra. His extensive recording career includes piano concertos recorded with orchestras in Ireland, Bulgaria, and Portugal, as well as at London’s renowned Abbey Road Studios with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

A longtime member of Cincinnati’s musical community, Chertock has served as keyboardist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and is Chair of the Piano Department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His recordings include four solo albums of film music for the Telarc label, and he has been featured in a PBS-broadcast performance of George Gershwin’s music with the Ohio Valley Symphony.

In addition to his performing and conducting career, Chertock is an accomplished composer. In 2020, he composed Mass for the Feast of St. Francis to texts by Fr. Louis Bodo, OFM. He has served as organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church for more than 25 years and previously held the same role at Mason United Methodist Church.

Michael and his wife, Maaike, have made their home in Mason for nearly a decade. They are the proud parents of three children and have four cats.

As Music Director, Chertock is excited to lead the Mason Symphony Orchestra in inspiring performances, impactful projects such as Violins of Hope, and meaningful collaborations with Mason’s outstanding school music programs.