Jeanne Schumann, Piano

Jeanne Schumann has distinguished herself many times in competition, winning prizes in the Cleveland International, the Bartok-Kabalevsky International, the Star City Young Artists, the ARTS Festival, the Heida Herrmans International, the Stravinsky Awards International and the Kosciuszko Piano Competitions. In 2001, Ms. Schumann was the youngest applicant and the only American woman to be accepted into the International Van Cliburn Competition. She studied with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music, graduating in 2004 with a Masters in Piano Performance, and is now studying at the Colburn School in Los Angeles with John Perry.

She has been invited to perform in many venues throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia, (including a tour of Vietnam), as artist-in-residence at the New Hampshire Music Festival, on the Sundays Live radio broadcast program in Los Angeles, and in New York City's “Rock Hotel Pianofest” series. She is a 2004 Gilmore Young Artist Award winner, and was recently featured on the “Rising Star Series” at Ravinia.