After many years sitting in the audience as a critic, it was both nerve-wracking and exhilarating to perform again. I began taking piano lessons in London at age five and studied with the pianist Thomas Schumacher while a high school student in Washington, D.C. I first experienced the joys of chamber music with the cellist Oliver Edel as coach at the Levine School of Music. After a year pursuing a degree in piano performance at the Eastman School of Music, I switched majors to journalism but continued my musical studies with professors in London and Seville. I now study privately in New York.
