Pianist Olga Kern to Appear at The Broad Stage

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica Olga Kern, on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30pm. In 2001, Olga Kern-a Steinway Artist-became the first woman in over thirty years to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. For this engagement, she'll be performing a program of Scarlatti, Beethoven, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Balakirev.

Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is now recognized as one of her generation's great pianists. First prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at seventeen, Ms. Kern is a laureate of many international competitions. In 2016 she served as Jury Chairman of both the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the first Olga Kern International Piano Competition, where she also holds the title of Artistic Director. Ms. Kern frequently gives masterclasses and since September 2017 has served on the piano faculty of the prestigious Manhattan School of Music.

For the 2018-19 season, Kern opened the 40th Anniversary Pacific Symphony season and also performs with the Moscow Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, and the St. Louis Symphony. Olga will also be featured soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, both in Glasgow, and on their Spring 2019 US tour. She appears in recitals in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Southern California, Zurich, and Milan.

In addition to her performance at The Broad Stage, Ms. Kern will also be performing the same recital at Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo on February 8 at 8 pm. On February 16, she perform the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with the Pasadena Symphony and Pops at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena for two performances at 2 pm and 8 pm. Music Director David Lockington will conduct the all-Tchaikovsky program that features Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 1.

In recent seasons, Kern served as Artist in Residence for the San Antonio Symphony's 2017-18 season, had her Chinese debut with the National Youth Orchestra of China tour, performed concerts with Detroit Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Colorado Symphony, the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, and La Jolla Music Festival, and recitals in Santa Fe, New Haven, Scottsdale, and San Francisco. Ms. Kern opened the Baltimore Symphony's 2015-2016 centennial season with Marin Alsop. Other season highlights included returns to the Royal Philharmonic with Pinchas Zukerman, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice with Giancarlo Guerrero, a month-long tour of South Africa for concerts with the Cape and KwaZulu Natal philharmonics, an Israeli tour with the Israel Symphony, solo recitals at Sarasota's Van Wezel Hall, New York's 92nd Street Y, and the University of Kansas' Lied Center, and recitals with Renée Fleming in Carnegie Hall and Berkeley.

Ms. Kern's discography includes her Grammy Nominated recording of Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations and other transcriptions (2004), Brahms Variations (2007) and Chopin Piano Sonatas No. 2 and 3 (2010). She was featured in the award-winning documentary about the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing on the Edge.

Information, subscription packages and tickets for The Broad Stage are available at thebroadstage.org or by calling 310.434.3200, or visiting at the box office at 1310 11th St. Santa Monica CA 90401 beginning three hours prior to performance.

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