About
Keona
Biography
- Keona Rose is a 22-year-old American Pianist currently studying under Professor Roland Krüger at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater, und Medien in Hannover, Germany. Her solo performances have taken her throughout Europe in concert halls of Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Denmark.
- Born in the San Francisco Bay Area to a family of conventional music-lovers, Keona began her music career by playing pop tunes on her mother’s electronic keyboard. Upon moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, she began her classical training with local teachers; eventually with Dr. Paul Nitsch at Queen’s University of Charlotte.
- A few years later, she made her debut in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and was soon thereafter accepted to the Pre-College Program of the Juilliard School, where she studied for two years under Professor Julian Martin. She was a laureate of numerous local, nationwide, and international competitions, including the Arthur Fraser International Competition in Columbia, South Carolina (2018) and the Paderewski International Competition in Farmington, Connecticut (2018).
- Now based in Europe, she has garnered further prizes in Graz, Austria, as first prize and Bartók prize winner of the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition (2022), as well as in Orbetello, Italy, as second prize winner of the Orbetello International Piano Competition (2023).
- Keona is also an alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School and the Mozarteum Summer Academy, where she was selected in 2022 as “prizewinner” to receive a scholarship and perform in a concert broadcasted by the ORF and hosted by the prestigious Salzburger Festspiele. She has also participated in music festivals in Italy, performing as soloist with orchestra.
- She has received further musical input from distinguished artists such as Stephen Hough, Inon Barnatan, Garrick Ohlsson, Hung-Kuan Chen, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Martin Helmchen, Andrea Bonatta, Janina Fialkowska, Arie Vardi, Anton Nel, and Paul Lewis, among others.
- Keona is a recipient of the Deutschland Stipendium, a scholarship awarded through her university in Germany.
