JEAN BEERS
MUSICIAN & PIANIST
“artist, concert curator, and professor”
In her art, Beers questions and removes boundaries in all her artistic endeavors.
Jean Beers, a British-German concert pianist and composer, who has performed internationally at famous concert halls including the Philharmonic Hall in Kiev, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall in London, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona and Ehrbarsaal in Vienna. She has been awarded numerous international prizes for her piano playing. The city of Salzburg has also awarded the prestigious Mozarteum Prize to Beers. Her performance at the world famous Festival "Salzburger Festspiele" was broadcast live pm Austrian radio, who published highlights of her concert alongside performances by Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim. For her compositions, Beers has won several prizes at the tender age of 17, as well as her works being performed by musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, alongside many more. Violinist Niklas Liepe and his brother Nils premiered her Duo for violin and piano “Schmetterlinghaus” in the birth house of Beethoven in Bonn, Germany. In her art, Beers questions and removes boundaries in all her artistic endeavors. Beers is professor and head of Institute for Keyboard, Composition and Conducting at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK). She is also a researcher and scholar, having reviewed her doctorate in composition (PhD) from the prestigious British Russell Group University, King’s London (KCL), published as the book “Creating Ambiguity in Music” in 2018. She also holds degrees in piano and composition from several of Europe’s top Music Universities such as the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the highest concert artist degree from Hanover in Germany (Konzertexamen).
TESTIMONIALS
"...Butterfly House. I loved the piece and I thought the performance first class! One is left to follow one's own thoughts, but within an overall parameter or idea. It is a total success! A splendid performance!!"
Jack Rozman, conductor
" ... Jean Beers' sparkling rendition of the b-minor Sonata: spirited and adventurous with classical elegance but full of biting, earthy harmonies. Very satisfying! Playing of enormous panache ... "
Giles du Boulay – journalist St Alban's concert review
"... exceptionally sensitive playing, which showed total commitment both to the work and to the singer."
Dr. Timothy Bowers – composer, musicologist – concert review (Schubert Winterreise)