88 SQUARED , the piano duo of married pianists Jeffrey and Karen Savage , won the Ellis Piano Duo Competition and the Abild Prize for American Music. 88 SQUARED has received critical praise from Singapore's The Straits Times, American Record Guide, and Fanfare magazine. Praised as "gifted pianists" by David DeBoor Canfield of Fanfare Magazine and "a composer's dream" by Lowell Lieberman, their performances have been called "fearless" (The Straits-Times) and "joyful and inspiring" (American Record Guide). Th
88 SQUARED premiered Lowell Liebermann's Sonata for Two Pianos (2012), written for the duo, in Singapore, New York City, Washington, and Canada. They were subsequently invited by the composer to record his complete two-piano works on Albany Records. Their recording of Daniel Ott's two-piano works was released on PARMA/Navona Records in 2019 and has been broadcast on national NPR stations. Advocates of new music, Karen and Jeff have given international premieres of new works by Daniel Ott, Heather Schmidt, R
The duo won second prize and a Special Mention Award at Concours Grieg International Competition in Norway, where they performed with members of the Oslo Philharmonic. 88 SQUARED has been featured at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore), Ho Chi Minh Conservatory (Vietnam), MusiQuest National Piano Festival (India), Victoria Conservatory of Music (Canada), Chamber Music America Showcase (California), University of British Columbia Recital Series (Vanco