Edna Stern (Hebrew: עדנה שטרן; born 6 March 1977) is a Belgian-Israeli pianist.[1][2]
Biography
editShe 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
editHer current repertoire varies from Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Luciano Berio to contemporary composers.
CDs
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Official website
- Edna Stern on THINQon (frozen since 2012)
- Biography
- Biography at naïve.fr (in French)