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An accomplished pianist and composer like his father Philip, Ludwig was the first place winner in the 1994 US Open Music Competition. Born into a musical home, Ludwig studied under the tutelage of his father from the age of 6. His mother, Magdalena, is a soprano concert singer. At age 10, he was awarded a scholarship to the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School for boys in Cambridge, Mass. Under Theodore Marier, he received a thorough musical foundation, performing often at such places as Tanglewood, and soloing with Maestro Seiji Osawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His teens were spent in South America, where he studied with Conductor Marcus Pavan. Graduating later from Sydney University, he continued his musical scholarship in piano performance and pedagogy, receiving interpretive coaching with Santa Clara University music department chair Hans Boepple.

In 1987 Mr. Calder began providing instruction in piano performance, and music theory, harmony and history to a select number of students; a practice he continued throughout the years despite a demanding career in which he served as president of a software company and later as president and CEO of a nationwide managing general agency for insurance carriers.

Ludwig founded the Calder Academy of Music in 1997. In addition to his role as director, he also provides master classes, lectures and individual instruction, and directs/conducts various choral groups. Ludwig has recorded a video production and a CD of his father’s work, and as performed throughout North and South America, and in Russia and Asia. Recently, he gave live and televised performances in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Nanjing, and other cities in China.

An accomplished pianist and composer like his father Philip, Ludwig was the first place winner in the 1994 US Open Music Competition. Born into a musical home, Ludwig studied under the tutelage of his father from the age of 6. His mother, Magdalena, is a soprano concert singer. At age 10, he was awarded a scholarship to the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School for boys in Cambridge, Mass. Under Theodore Marier, he received a thorough musical foundation, performing often at such places as Tanglewood, and soloing with Maestro Seiji Osawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His teens were spent in South America, where he studied with Conductor Marcus Pavan. Graduating later from Sydney University, he continued his musical scholarship in piano performance and pedagogy, receiving interpretive coaching with Santa Clara University music department chair Hans Boepple. In 1987 Mr. Calder began providing instruction in piano performance, and music theory, harmony and history to a select number of students; a practice he continued throughout the years despite a demanding career in which he served as president of a software company and later as president and CEO of a nationwide managing general agency for insurance carriers. Ludwig founded the Calder Academy of Music in 1997. In addition to his role as director, he also provides master classes, lectures and individual instruction, and directs/conducts various choral groups. Ludwig has recorded a video production and a CD of his father’s work, and as performed throughout North and South America, and in Russia and Asia. Recently, he gave live and televised performances in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Nanjing, and other cities in China.