Marie Wurtz is currently pursuing undergraduate piano studies with James Giles at Northwestern University. She previously studied with Inesa Sinkevych at Manhattan School of Music Precollege and was named a 2022 Finalist by the National YoungArts Foundation.

Marie has participated in prestigious festivals including the 2018 Bowdoin International Music Festival (studio of Peter Serkin) and the Aspen Music Festival from 2022 to 2024, working with Arie Vardi, Anton Nel, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Hung-Kuan Chen.

Recent awards include the Christa Bach-Marschall Foundation Prize at the 2025 International Bach Competition in Leipzig, the Nerenberg Award from the Musicians’ Club of Women in Chicago, and Third Prize in the Thaviu-Isaak Endowed Piano Competition. She won First Prize at the Philadelphia International Piano Competition and Northwestern University’s Dover Quartet Chamber Music Competition, as well as Second Prize at the Spotlight International Piano Competition.

Marie has taken part in master classes with the Dover Quartet, Gary Graffman, Alexander Korsantia, Michelle Cann, and Shai Wosner, and has studied privately with Maria João Pires.