"His EMI recordings of Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms and Rachmaninoff stand as examples of the very best American pianism, appreciated by serious musicians everywhere.  Following several decades as Chairman of the Piano Department, and Professor of Piano at Brooklyn College’s Conservatory,  as well as offering his vision of romantic music in master class venues, and as participant on many international competition juries, Mr. Anievas has recently released a new CD on the Newport Classic label of the Schumann Fantasy and the Chopin Etudes, Op. 10, about which a London publication commented that he "played with an almost classical sense of poise, but with expressive subtleties that could only come from a senior pianist."  In a recent performance of the Chopin E minor concerto in Palm Beach, the press commented that "Anievas brought tremendous authority to the melodic curves and still executes triplets and filigree with clarity and accuracy. His beautifully etched reading of the second movement Larghetto in this Chopin Concerto was almost Mozartean, and his sense of music taste and total identification with Chopin’s idiom could well be emulated by many younger pianists." At this time, as chairman of the National Chopin Competition, which is held every five years in Miami, and will be held in February 2015, Mr. Anievas is immersed in the music of Chopin, having performed a concert of "My Favorite Chopin" at the Newport (Rhode Island) Festival on July 24, 2014, among other performances, including an upcoming appearance at the new series called 5@5 at DiMenna in New York this spring and preparing for a new "My Favorite Chopin" disc. As Chairman of the Jury of the important Chopin Competition, he is immersed in focusing on the next generation of Chopin players from the United States, and hopes to bring to audiences who love Chopin, a GRAND NEW CHOPIN PIANIST.

"...He is a true musician- a veritable poet of the piano". La Libre Belgique, Brussels