​Jeff Manchur was born and raised in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. He presently lives with his wife and daughters in Maumee, Ohio, where grows an annual sunflower orchard in their backyard (pictured below), and is organist at Grace Church Perrysburg. 

Education:​
​​​Bachelor of Music: Brandon University, 2009
Master of Music: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011
Doctor of Musical Arts: Bowling Green State University, 2015

Teaching:
Served on faculties of Bowling Green State University, Marietta College, Toledo Symphony School of Music, Heidelberg University

​Performing & writing interests: 
Bach, Mozart's complete Piano Sonatas, Franz Liszt, Mykola Lysenko, 19th century performance practice, classical music ambassadorship

Favorite works to perform:
Rzewski's De Profundis, Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings, all Bach (especially the Well-Tempered Clavier and English Suites), Mozart's K 309, Beethoven's Op. 110, Robert Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien

Favorite pianists to listen to:
Glenn Gould, Simone Dinnerstein, Mitsuko Uchida, Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Maria Joao Pires, Ivan Moravec, Claudio Arrau, Angela Hewitt, Grigory Sokolov, Andrew Rangell, Sviatoslav Richter, Vladimir Horowitz, Jorge Bolet, Artur Rubinstein

Favorite non-music activities:
Reading (primarily non-fiction politics, history and biography, some fiction such as Andrew Klavan and Stephen King), watching hockey (Winnipeg Jets), watching football (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Nebraska Huskers, Buffalo Bills), hiking the Toledo Metroparks, craft beer (malty over hoppy), third-wave coffee-shops, cinnamon rolls

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