Adrian Ruiz

Adrian Ruiz (born November 17, 1937) is an American pianist and music educator.

Adrian Ruiz was born on November 17, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. He holds an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then attended the University of Southern California School of Music where he studied with pianist Lillian Steuber, graduating with his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music. Over the years, Ruiz studied with such famed pianists and musicians as Rudolf Serkin, Mieczysław Horszowski, Amparo Iturbi, Ethel Leginskaand Lillian Steuber.

Ruiz has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Marlboro Festival Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Austin Symphony, the SODRE Symphony, the Hadyn-Trento Symphony, and the DEBUT Orchestra. 

For many years, he was the chairman of the Keyboard Studies Department of the University of Southern California School of Music and was particularly committed to little-known or forgotten works of German Romanticism. He also served on the Piano Faculty at California State University, Northridge.

In his music career, he has toured the United States, South America, Alaska, Mexico, and Europe. 

• Won the Busoni International Piano Competition (1968)
• Won "Ciudad de Montevideo" International Piano Competition (1969)
• Michaels Memorial Award
• Kimber Award
• Young Musicians Foundation Award
• Recipient of three Institute of International Education Grants to represent the United States in International Competitions

• Niels Wilhelm Gade, watercolors op.19 and arabesque in F major op.27, Christian Sinding, piano works - 1970
• Hermann Goetz, Complete Piano Works - 1972
• Norbert Burgmüller, Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 8; Robert Volkmann, Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 12 and Fantasy in C major, Op. 25a; Theodor Kirchner, piano pieces - 1973
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Variations sérieuses op.54 and Variations in E flat major op.82 as well as works by Alberto Ginastera and Carlos Chávez - 1971/73
• Anton Rubinstein, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 94 - 1996
• Joseph Rheinberger, Piano Concerto in A flat major, Op. 94 - 2006
• Ferdinand Hiller, 24 Etudes op.15, 8 Mésures op.57, Piano Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 47, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major, Op. 59, Piano Sonata No. 3 in G minor, Op. 78, Variations Des Major op. 98, Capriccio in G minor op. 88, Zwei Impromptus op. 30 - 2009
• Julius Schulhoff, Piano Works - 2012
• Joachim Raff, Suite in D minor, Op. 91 and Grande Sonate in E-flat minor, Op. 14 (2nd version) - 2012