Heather O'Donnell

Heather O'Donnell is an American classical pianist, currently living in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Life 
O'Donnell was born in New Jersey in 1973. She began studying piano at the age of five, her most influential teachers were Charles Milgrim, Stephen Drury and Peter Serkin. She also worked closely with Yvonne Loriod, Emanuel Ax, and Claude Helffer. O'Donnell took several courses in Philosophy and Literature at the New School for Social Research and Columbia University, and was the teaching assistant of philosopher Paul Edwards at the New School for Social Research.

Career 
O'Donnell plays works from the 18th-21st century, e.g. J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, Charles Ives's- Concord Sonata, and Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit). She gave premieres of solo piano works (including pieces by Luciano Berio, Walter Zimmermann, James Tenney, Michael Finnissy, Frederic Rzewski, Hauke Harder, and Oliver Schneller). She has a strong affinity for the music of American composer Charles Ives, and has played and recorded his piano works extensively. She was the artistic director of commissioning projects including "Responses to Ives" and "Piano optophonique".

References

External links
 Heather O'Donnell's official website
 Heather O'Donnell's MySpace page
 Program at Berliner Festspiele's MaerzMusik Festival

Category:American classical pianists
Category:American women classical pianists
Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:People from New Jersey
Category:The New School alumni
Category:The New School faculty
Category:21st-century American women musicians
Category:21st-century classical pianists
Category:21st-century American pianists