Olivia Trummer Trio


Biography Olivia Trummer Trio

Olivia Trummer (* 1985 in Stuttgart) is a German pianist, vocalist and composer. She is known for her unusual musical versatility,performing a repertoire out of original compositions and songs, classical piano music, improvisation and jazz. Therefor, she has been invited to perform at top-class concert halls like the Carnegie Hall (NYC), Schloss Elmau (Germany) or at the 'Schlossfestspiele' festival in Ludwigsburg (Germany). In the press she is celebrated as a sensational musical talent: 'The future belongs to Olivia Trummer' (Jazzpodium, 2010), 'Doubtlessly, Olivia Trummer has the potential to become a star' (Mannheimer Morgen, 2010), 'Young, gifted & deutsch' (jazzthing 2006).

Olivia Trummer has been awarded with many prizes as a classical pianist as well as a jazz pianist: She is a five-time national prize-winner at 'Jugend musiziert', scholar of the Art Foundation of Baden-Württemberg 2010, winner of the Bruno-Frey-music award 2010, 2nd prize winner of the International Piano Competition Palma D'Oro/Italy 2008, scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service just to name a few.

Olivia has received invitations to play at jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia) and abroad (New York City, Saudi-Arabia). Moreover, she was featured by the German Television (ARD) in December 2010 playing and singing her own arrangements of German advent songs with her jazz trio and two choirs.

She has been studying classical piano as well as jazz piano at the University of Music in Stuttgart where she graduated both 'with distinction'. Additionally, she spent an intense and exciting year of studying Jazz Piano at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

As a bandleader, she has released three CDs and one LP with original compositions and songs throughout. Her second Album 'Westwind' has been awarded with the German Record Critics' Award (Quarterly Critics' Choice 3/2008). Her discography as a bandleader includes 'Nach Norden' (2006), 'Westwind' (2008) and 'Nobody knows' (2010) and will be extended with another album in October 2011: 'Poesiealbum'.

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