Heidi Brende

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     Heidi Brende (Piano) has been performing publicly since she was fourteen, when she performed concertos with several orchestras in her home state of Iowa. At Oberlin Conservatory, where she received her B.Mus. degree she was awarded the John Elvin Piano Prize, the Rudolf Serkin Award, and the Liberace scholarship. She has also been a prize-winner in several national and international piano competitions, including the Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition. She has performed concertos, recitals and chamber music concerts in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ohio, California, Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado. In Los Angeles, she founded the “Arts in the Parks” concert series, and also presented “Music and Movement” performances for children. Tracks from CDs released on her record label, “Solveig’s Song”, have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Public Radio International.