Elektra Schmidt

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Written by Dr. Elisa Janson Jones
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Award winning pianist Elektra Schmidt performs as solo artist and in chamber groups in the United States, France, Greece, and the United Kingdom. Notable recent engagements include performing as soloist with the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Golden Gate Symphony and the Bay Area’s Awesöme Orchestra. In the upcoming season, Elektra will be performing Chopin’s iconic Concerto number 1 with the Golden Gate Symphony under Maestro Urs Steiner.

As well as a flourishing performance career, Elektra curates for numerous festivals and art houses in Europe and San Francisco. She is the founder of Artist Migration, an organization dedicated to the integration and mobility of international artists.

After graduating summa cum laude from the National Conservatory of her native Greece, Elektra pursued her post-graduate studies in Paris at the Schola Cantorum and the Conservatoire Raoul Pugno under the guidance of distinguished pianist Lilia Boyadjieva.

She received her master’s degree with First Prize and Distinction (Medaille d’Or avec les félicitations du jury).

She has collaborated with international festivals throughout the world including the San Francisco International Arts Festival, the Arundel Festival and Oxford Philomusica in the United Kingdom.

Elektra has been teaching and mentoring students from beginner to professional level for more than twenty years, in Greece, France, UK and the United States.

 
 
 

  • I teach piano to students aged 6 to 65. Select methodology and specific approach according to needs and objectives of each student. Particular attention is paid to posture and correct technique including the use of physical exercises, on and off the keyboard, to bring awareness to the student’s own body and relationship with the instrument.

    Extensive use of games to learn and master time signatures and notation prepare advanced students for competitions, auditions and conservatory placement in US or abroad.

    Lessons conducted in French and English.

  • I have mentored students for competitions and university entrance. Also mentored teachers emerging or in mid career .

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