BIOGRAPHY:
ANDREI BAUMANN, pianist
An active soloist, chamber musician, Andrei Baumann has performed extensively in the USA, Europe, Canada and Venezuela. As winner of the 2009 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, he performed with the quartet in Jordan Hall on January 29th, 2009. His Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall occurred in May 2008 with violinist Lily Francis as part of the Distinctive Debuts series. Other notable performances include a solo recital on the Sundays Live Concert Series at Los Angeles County Arts Museum which was broadcast by KCSN, 88.5 FM, solo recitals at the Crocker Art Museum Classical Music Series in California, performances at Caramoor Festival and with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program. Andrei has performed in masterclasses for such distinguished artists as Elisso Wirssaladze, Pavel Gililov, Leon Fleisher, Claude Frank and Marc Durand. Among the numerous festivals he has participated in are Corsi in Sermoneta, Italy; Ost-West Musikfest in Krems, Austria; Internationaler Kammermusikkurs in Böhlen, Germany; Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland; Banff Centre for the Arts and Orford Arts Centre in Canada; and in the USA, Aspen Music Festival, Perlman Music Program.
Highlights of 2016-17 have included a Mothers Day performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto with Peter Jaffe and the Auburn Symphony, and numerous chamber music performances with cellist Susan Lamb Cook and friends. Mr. Baumann is a frequent performer at the Mondavi Center, Harris Center and others venues in Northern California. He also recently released a second album Miroirs, which includes works by Bach, Debussy and Ravel.
Mr. Baumann has a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory in Boston, a Künstlerischer Ausbildung Diploma from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. His most influential teachers have been Andre Laplante, Jamie Saltman and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.
Mr. Baumann has been a piano faculty member at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA. He is also Head of the Piano Department at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine. In addition, he has been a jury member at the A Ramon Rivera Piano Competition at Rivers School Conservatory in Weston.
Mr. Baumann has moved back to Davis, and is very excited to open a piano studio. He is currently accepting students.
website: aabadventures.com
email: andrei.baumann@gmail.com
ANDREI BAUMANN, pianist
An active soloist, chamber musician, Andrei Baumann has performed extensively in the USA, Europe, Canada and Venezuela. As winner of the 2009 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, he performed with the quartet in Jordan Hall on January 29th, 2009. His Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall occurred in May 2008 with violinist Lily Francis as part of the Distinctive Debuts series. Other notable performances include a solo recital on the Sundays Live Concert Series at Los Angeles County Arts Museum which was broadcast by KCSN, 88.5 FM, solo recitals at the Crocker Art Museum Classical Music Series in California, performances at Caramoor Festival and with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program. Andrei has performed in masterclasses for such distinguished artists as Elisso Wirssaladze, Pavel Gililov, Leon Fleisher, Claude Frank and Marc Durand. Among the numerous festivals he has participated in are Corsi in Sermoneta, Italy; Ost-West Musikfest in Krems, Austria; Internationaler Kammermusikkurs in Böhlen, Germany; Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland; Banff Centre for the Arts and Orford Arts Centre in Canada; and in the USA, Aspen Music Festival, Perlman Music Program.
Highlights of 2016-17 have included a Mothers Day performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto with Peter Jaffe and the Auburn Symphony, and numerous chamber music performances with cellist Susan Lamb Cook and friends. Mr. Baumann is a frequent performer at the Mondavi Center, Harris Center and others venues in Northern California. He also recently released a second album Miroirs, which includes works by Bach, Debussy and Ravel.
Mr. Baumann has a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory in Boston, a Künstlerischer Ausbildung Diploma from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. His most influential teachers have been Andre Laplante, Jamie Saltman and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.
Mr. Baumann has been a piano faculty member at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA. He is also Head of the Piano Department at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine. In addition, he has been a jury member at the A Ramon Rivera Piano Competition at Rivers School Conservatory in Weston.
Mr. Baumann has moved back to Davis, and is very excited to open a piano studio. He is currently accepting students.
website: aabadventures.com
email: andrei.baumann@gmail.com
RESUME:
Teaching, Seminars, Masterclasses:
2014-17: Piano Faculty at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA
2011-15: Head of Piano Department at Camp Encore/Coda, Sweden, Maine.
2012: Chamber Music Masterclass with violinist Shih-Kai Lin at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
2012: Piano Faculty at Powers Music School, Belmont, MA
2009- Piano Faculty at Lexington Music School, Lexington, MA. 20-25 private students
2009-10: Staff Pianist at New England Conservatory
2008-11: Piano faculty member at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine teaching students ages 11-18. Private lessons, chamber music coaching, masterclass and musicianship classes.
2008: Chamber Music Seminar with members of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela. Invited to teach chamber music and perform with colleagues from New England Conservatory.
Competition Jury:
2012-15: Jury Member at Preliminary Round of Angel Ramon Rivera Piano Competition at Rivers School, Weston, MA
RECORDINGS:
2017: "Miroirs". Solo Album, recorded at Rivers School Conservatory in Weston and WGBH Studios in Boston. Works by Bach, Debussy and Ravel
2013: “From The Mountain Top”. Solo Album, recorded at WGBH Studios in Boston. Works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Pärt
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
2017: Last 3 Beethoven Sonatas: Performed at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA and Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA. Mother's Day concert, Grieg Piano Concerto with Auburn Symphony, Mondavi Center, Davis, CA. Chamber music at Community Music Works, Providence, RI: Performances with Chase Spruill, violin and Adrienne Taylor, cello.
2016: Solo Recitals: Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA; Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, ME; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Chamber music performances (music of Johannes Brahms) with Susan Lamb Cook, cello and Ian Jessee, violin. UC Davis, Harris Center and University Retirement Community.
2015: Solo Recitals: Estonian House in New York City, Keila Muusikakool and Muuga-mõis, Estonia, Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert Series, Sacramento, CA, University Retirement Community, Davis, CA. Mozart Concerto performance with the Encore/Coda Chamber Orchestra at Deertrees Theater, Harrison, Maine.
Performances at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA: Faculty Concert Series and Contemporary Music Seminars.
2014: 10 Solo Recitals in various venues. Performances at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA, Estonian House in New York City, Dortmund, Germany, Hale House Senior Home in Boston area. Chamber music performances with Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Blaise Dejardin and violinist Shih-Kai Lin.
2012-13: 20 Solo Recitals in various venues. Performances at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Lüneburg and Dortmund, Germany, Hale House/Lasell Village/Orchard Cove Senior Homes in Boston area and Follen Church, Lexington, MA.
2011-12: Numerous performances with violinist Shih-Kai Lin. Performances at UMass- Dartmouth, New England Conservatory, Orchard Cove/Hale House Senior Homes in the Boston area.
2009-10: Performances as Staff Pianist at New England Conservatory. Over 40 Recitals each academic year.
2009: Graduation Recital at New England Conservatory, Solo Recital at Sundays Live Concert Series, broadcast on 88.5 KCSN, Los Angeles, CA, NEC Piano Department Piano Festival Haydn Celebration Recital, Jordan Hall.
2008: Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall): Distinctive Debuts Series with violinist Lily Francis, Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Gala performance Adamant Music School. Euroca Quintet recital at Jordan Hall as winners of NEC Chamber Music Honors Competition. Beethoven Sonata performance in Jordan Hall, NEC Piano Department Honors Piano Competition. NEC Messiaen complete piano works performance in Jordan Hall.
2007: Duo Recital at Caramoor Festival, Tutti Suonare Gala performance, Perlman Music Program, with Itzhak Perlman. Euroca Quintet performance, Jordan Hall, NEC: members of Simon Bolivar Orchestra from Venezuela with NEC musicians.
COMPETITIONS:
2009: Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Winner.
Concert Artist Guild, accompanying violinist Hye-Jin Kim. Performance in Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)
2008: New England Conservatory Honors Competition winner: Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Performance in Jordan Hall.
2008: 3rd prize winner-Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition
2007: New England Conservatory Honors Chamber Music Competition
EDUCATION:
2006-2009: Masters of Music in Piano Performance, New England Conservatory (NEC), Boston, USA
2004-2006: Diploma. Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany
1999-2003: Bachelor of Music. Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
1997-1999: Student in Bachelor of Music program. Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA
TEACHERS:
2007-09 Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
2006-07: Irma Vallecillo
2004-06: Shoshana Rudiakov
2004: Peter Longworth
2001-04: Andre Laplante
1999-2001: John Perry
1998-99: Marc Silverman
1997-98: Karl Ulrich Schnabel
SUMMER FESTIVALS:
2008: Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop
2007: Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop; Adamant Music School with Andre Laplante
2006: Manchester Music Festival Chamber Music; Corsi, Sermoneta, Italy with Elisso Wirssalaze
2005: Corsi, Sermoneta, Italy with Elisso Wirssaladze. Ost-West Musik Festival, Krems, Austria with Pavel Gililov
2004: Internationaaler Kammermuikkurs, Bohlen, Germany
2002: Chamber Music at Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada with Lorand Fenyves; Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland; Orford Arts Centre, Canada
2001: Orford Arts Centre, Canada with Andre Laplante
1997-2000: Aspen Music Festival, USA with John Perry
Teaching, Seminars, Masterclasses:
2014-17: Piano Faculty at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA
2011-15: Head of Piano Department at Camp Encore/Coda, Sweden, Maine.
2012: Chamber Music Masterclass with violinist Shih-Kai Lin at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
2012: Piano Faculty at Powers Music School, Belmont, MA
2009- Piano Faculty at Lexington Music School, Lexington, MA. 20-25 private students
2009-10: Staff Pianist at New England Conservatory
2008-11: Piano faculty member at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine teaching students ages 11-18. Private lessons, chamber music coaching, masterclass and musicianship classes.
2008: Chamber Music Seminar with members of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela. Invited to teach chamber music and perform with colleagues from New England Conservatory.
Competition Jury:
2012-15: Jury Member at Preliminary Round of Angel Ramon Rivera Piano Competition at Rivers School, Weston, MA
RECORDINGS:
2017: "Miroirs". Solo Album, recorded at Rivers School Conservatory in Weston and WGBH Studios in Boston. Works by Bach, Debussy and Ravel
2013: “From The Mountain Top”. Solo Album, recorded at WGBH Studios in Boston. Works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Pärt
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
2017: Last 3 Beethoven Sonatas: Performed at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA and Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA. Mother's Day concert, Grieg Piano Concerto with Auburn Symphony, Mondavi Center, Davis, CA. Chamber music at Community Music Works, Providence, RI: Performances with Chase Spruill, violin and Adrienne Taylor, cello.
2016: Solo Recitals: Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA; Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, ME; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Chamber music performances (music of Johannes Brahms) with Susan Lamb Cook, cello and Ian Jessee, violin. UC Davis, Harris Center and University Retirement Community.
2015: Solo Recitals: Estonian House in New York City, Keila Muusikakool and Muuga-mõis, Estonia, Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert Series, Sacramento, CA, University Retirement Community, Davis, CA. Mozart Concerto performance with the Encore/Coda Chamber Orchestra at Deertrees Theater, Harrison, Maine.
Performances at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA: Faculty Concert Series and Contemporary Music Seminars.
2014: 10 Solo Recitals in various venues. Performances at Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, MA, Estonian House in New York City, Dortmund, Germany, Hale House Senior Home in Boston area. Chamber music performances with Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Blaise Dejardin and violinist Shih-Kai Lin.
2012-13: 20 Solo Recitals in various venues. Performances at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Lüneburg and Dortmund, Germany, Hale House/Lasell Village/Orchard Cove Senior Homes in Boston area and Follen Church, Lexington, MA.
2011-12: Numerous performances with violinist Shih-Kai Lin. Performances at UMass- Dartmouth, New England Conservatory, Orchard Cove/Hale House Senior Homes in the Boston area.
2009-10: Performances as Staff Pianist at New England Conservatory. Over 40 Recitals each academic year.
2009: Graduation Recital at New England Conservatory, Solo Recital at Sundays Live Concert Series, broadcast on 88.5 KCSN, Los Angeles, CA, NEC Piano Department Piano Festival Haydn Celebration Recital, Jordan Hall.
2008: Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall): Distinctive Debuts Series with violinist Lily Francis, Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Gala performance Adamant Music School. Euroca Quintet recital at Jordan Hall as winners of NEC Chamber Music Honors Competition. Beethoven Sonata performance in Jordan Hall, NEC Piano Department Honors Piano Competition. NEC Messiaen complete piano works performance in Jordan Hall.
2007: Duo Recital at Caramoor Festival, Tutti Suonare Gala performance, Perlman Music Program, with Itzhak Perlman. Euroca Quintet performance, Jordan Hall, NEC: members of Simon Bolivar Orchestra from Venezuela with NEC musicians.
COMPETITIONS:
2009: Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Winner.
Concert Artist Guild, accompanying violinist Hye-Jin Kim. Performance in Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)
2008: New England Conservatory Honors Competition winner: Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Performance in Jordan Hall.
2008: 3rd prize winner-Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition
2007: New England Conservatory Honors Chamber Music Competition
EDUCATION:
2006-2009: Masters of Music in Piano Performance, New England Conservatory (NEC), Boston, USA
2004-2006: Diploma. Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany
1999-2003: Bachelor of Music. Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
1997-1999: Student in Bachelor of Music program. Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA
TEACHERS:
2007-09 Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
2006-07: Irma Vallecillo
2004-06: Shoshana Rudiakov
2004: Peter Longworth
2001-04: Andre Laplante
1999-2001: John Perry
1998-99: Marc Silverman
1997-98: Karl Ulrich Schnabel
SUMMER FESTIVALS:
2008: Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop
2007: Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop; Adamant Music School with Andre Laplante
2006: Manchester Music Festival Chamber Music; Corsi, Sermoneta, Italy with Elisso Wirssalaze
2005: Corsi, Sermoneta, Italy with Elisso Wirssaladze. Ost-West Musik Festival, Krems, Austria with Pavel Gililov
2004: Internationaaler Kammermuikkurs, Bohlen, Germany
2002: Chamber Music at Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada with Lorand Fenyves; Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland; Orford Arts Centre, Canada
2001: Orford Arts Centre, Canada with Andre Laplante
1997-2000: Aspen Music Festival, USA with John Perry