Edna Stern
Edna Stern (Hebrew: עדנה שטרן; born March 6, 1977 in Brussels) 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 she has been teaching at the Royal College of Music in London.[5][7][8]
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 from Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach for violin and piano
- 2008: Fantasies from Robert Schumann
- 2009: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland – Preludes, fugues und chorals from Bach
- 2010: Chopin Sonate2/Préludes
- 2010: Mozart Concerto No. 9 Jeune Homme et Concertos No's 12 & 14 – Edna Stern & Orchestre d'Auverge – Highly Acclaimed Performance BBC Radio CD Review