Belgian-Israeli pianist
Edna Stern (Hebrew : עדנה שטרן ; born 6 March 1977) is a Belgian-Israeli pianist.[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
She was born in Belgium,[ 3] and grew up in Israel.[ 1] She began to play piano at the age of six.[ 1] [ 2] She studied piano under Viktor Derevianko and Natasha Tadson at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Tel Aviv .[ 1]
Afterwards she studied at the Chapelle Royale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels , and studied with Martha Argerich .[ 1] In 1996 she moved to Basel , Switzerland, where she studied for four years as a student of Krystian Zimerman .[ 4] Later on she took part in masters courses in piano at the International Piano Academy Lake Como under Alicia de Larrocha , Dimitri Bashkirow , Andreas Staier , and Leon Fleisher .[ 1] [ 5]
She followed Fleisher to the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore , Maryland, for a year.[ 1] [ 5] In 2000 she won the international competition, Senigallia , and in 2001 the Juventus Award.[ 2]
In 2003 she moved to Paris, where she began to deliver historically informed period performances on the fortepiano .[ 1] [ 6]
Her first CD, Chaconne , was named the best CD of 2005 by Arte .[ 5]
Since September 2009 this artist[ 7] has been teaching at the Royal College of Music in London .[ 5] [ 8] [ 9]
Repertoire
Her current repertoire varies from Johann Sebastian Bach , Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , and Luciano Berio to contemporary composers.
CDs
2005: Chaconne (Pieces from Ferruccio Busoni , Rudolf Lutz , and Johann Sebastian Bach ), with Amandine Beyer (violin)
2008: Sonatas by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach for violin and keyboard
2008: Fantasies by Robert Schumann
2009: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland – Preludes, fugues und chorals by Bach
2010: Chopin Piano Sonate No. 2 / Préludes
2010: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 Jeune Homme and Concertos Nos 12 & 14 – Edna Stern & Orchestre d'Auvergne – Highly Acclaimed Performance BBC Radio CD Review
References
^ a b c d e f g h [1] , Allmusic
^ a b c [2] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , The Salgon Times
^ Deux compositeurs oubliés de Terezin , Akadem
^ Sanderson, Blair. "Biography: Edna Stern" . AllMusic . Retrieved 16 July 2010 .
^ a b c d [3] , Czechcentres
^ [4] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Thesaigontimes
^ 88 notes pour piano solo , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Neva Editions, 2015, p. 93. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
^ [5] , France Musique
^ [6] , Geozik
External links
International National Academics Artists Other