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Laura Dahl, pianist
Pianist Laura Dahl, active as a performer both in the United States and abroad, has played in venues including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Henley Festival (England), Davies Symphony Hall, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Dahl was formerly the Associate Director of the San Francisco Boys Chorus and with them her engagements included a recital at Carnegie Hall, a critically acclaimed benefit concert with mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade, and an appearance at the San Francisco Stern Grove Festival with mezzo soprano Susan Graham.
Dahl is a member of the music faculty at Stanford University, where she teaches collaborative and solo piano, chamber music, art song interpretation, and diction. Internationally in demand as a teacher and coach, Dahl has also served on the faculty of the New National Theatre Young Artists Training Program in Tokyo, Japan. She is the founder and artistic director of the A. Jess Shenson Recital Series at Stanford University, and the founder and artistic director of Music by the Mountain, a chamber music festival in northern California.
Together with violinist Dawn Harms and cellist Emil Miland, Dahl is a founding member of the Harmida Piano Trio. Each member brings years of acknowledged artistry and experience to the trio which celebrates the standard literature as well as a commitment to the commissioning and performing of new works. Commissions by the Harmida Piano Trio include works by composers Jake Heggie and Mark Applebaum.
Dahl set a precedent as the first musician to be named a German Chancellor’s Scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 1992. She lived two years in Germany, studying under the tutelage of pianist Phillip Moll and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. In association with the San Francisco Opera Center, Dahl was Assistant Conductor for Western Opera Theater in 1996, as well as a member of the Merola Opera Program. Dahl was an invited fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center for two years and has held coaching and accompanying positions at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Banff Academy of Singing, the Music Academy of the West, and the University of Michigan Opera Theater. Dahl’s education includes the Master of Music Degree with highest honors from the New England Conservatory of Music. She was a student of Margo Garrett, Martin Katz, and Eckart Sellheim.
Pianist Laura Dahl has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, Davies Symphony Hall, Henley Festival (England), Carmel Bach Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, and the San Francisco Stern Grove Festival. Dahl is currently a member of the music faculty at Stanford University. She is the founder and artistic director of the A. Jess Shenson Recital Series at Stanford University and the Music by the Mountain festival in northern California. Together with violinist Dawn Harms and cellist Emil Miland, Dahl is a founding member of the Harmida Piano Trio. The first musician to be named a German Chancellor’s Scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), Dahl is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the New National Theatre Young Artists Training Program (Tokyo, Japan). In association with the San Francisco Opera Center, Dahl was an assistant conductor for Western Opera Theater and a member of the Merola Opera Program.
Contact Laura at laura(dot)dahl(at)stanford(dot)edu