BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20270314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20271107T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261029T210000
DTSTAMP:20260901T161906Z
CREATED:20260901T161906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T161906Z
UID:63338-1793300400-1793307600@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:David L. Abell Piano Master Series – Elizabeth Schumann
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Elizabeth Schumann for the Fall installment of our 2026/27 David L. Abell Piano Master Series\, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students. \n  \nAbout Elizabeth Schumann:\nDr. Elizabeth Schumann is a concert pianist\, educator\, and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans leading concert halls\, public art initiatives\, and research at the intersection of the arts\, technology\, and human performance. Described by The Washington Post as “deft\, relentless\, and devastatingly good—the sort of performance you experience not so much with your ears as your solar plexus\,” she approaches the concert stage as a place where artistry and inquiry meet\, offering audiences experiences that link music with the broader human story. \n​ \nAs a recitalist\, chamber musician\, and concerto soloist\, she has performed at the Kennedy Center\, Vienna’s Bösendorfer Saal\, Weill at Carnegie Hall\, Montreal’s Place des Arts\, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall\, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall\, the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix\, Ravinia’s Rising Stars Series\, Australia’s Huntington Festival\, the Cannes Film Festival\, and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Her performances have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today\, PBS\, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation\, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Honors include the Gilmore Young Artist Award\, first prizes at the Bösendorfer and Pacific International Piano Competitions\, and awards at the Cleveland\, Hilton Head\, Montreal\, and World International Piano Competitions. \n​ \nHer portfolio extends beyond traditional concert work to collaborative projects that place music in fresh contexts. She has developed touring productions that integrate performance with narrative and visual design\, large-scale public installations that transform city spaces into concert venues\, and educational programs for children and underserved communities that pair music with literature and live storytelling. These include Piano Carnival\, which grew from a 15-city tour into a book\, CD\, and interactive applications reaching more than 20\,000 students and teachers; Son et Lumière\, premiered at Boston’s Illuminus Festival and later commissioned for the Pike & Rose Audio Visual Arts Festival\, attracting audiences of over 8\,000; and Pianimal\, a concert and video series presented across the United States and distributed to children’s hospitals through partnerships with leading arts organizations. Across these projects\, her aim is to allow audiences to meet music on their own terms and to experience its power without barriers of price or pretense. Her work has also reached international audiences through U.S. Embassy cultural diplomacy programs\, building connections and mutual understanding through performance. \n​ \nCarrying on the pedagogical tradition of her teacher\, Sergei Babayan\, Dr. Schumann has taught at Winter and Summer Performing Arts at The Juilliard School\, Itzhak Perlman’s Perlman Music Program\, the Crowden Chamber Music Workshop\, and the Vancouver Piano Sessions. She is the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where she combines conservatory-level training with insights from neuroscience\, psychology\, and biomechanics to help pianists achieve expressive freedom while minimizing injury risk. At Stanford\, her research examines how physiology\, pedagogy\, and instrument design shape performance\, with applications that extend beyond the arts to fields such as medicine\, rehabilitation\, and human performance science. \n​ \nThrough collaborations that unite artists\, scientists\, and community leaders\, Dr. Schumann expands how people encounter and engage with music. Her work demonstrates how these connections can open new possibilities\, deepen understanding\, and inspire contributions that reach beyond the concert hall.
URL:https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/abell-elizabeth-schumann/
LOCATION:Lani Hall\, 445 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Masterclasses
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Elizabeth-Schumann.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music":MAILTO:communications@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
GEO:34.0707483;-118.4401261
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Lani Hall 445 Charles E Young Dr E Los Angeles CA 90095 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=445 Charles E Young Dr E:geo:-118.4401261,34.0707483
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR