Elinor Freer

Pianist Elinor Freer has built a versatile career as soloist and chamber musician, performing across the United States, Europe, and China. In Europe, Ms. Freer has given multiple performances at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and appeared at the Valery Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam. Other highlights include recordings for Dutch radio, performances at the International Musicians’ Seminar in Prussia Cove, England, and concerts at Moscow’s Gnessin Institute. Ms. Freer has been featured as soloist with numerous orchestras and at festivals including Summer Music in Harrisburg, PA, the Festival de Música de Cámera in Mexico, the Bowdoin Music Festival, the Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival, and Music in the Vineyards in Napa Valley. Ms. Freer has been a laureate and prizewinner in such competitions as the Joanna Hodges International Competition and the American Pianists Association, and has held piano fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute. She holds degrees with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Southern California, and was awarded a Performer’s Diploma from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in the Netherlands. Ms. Freer serves on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and is also Co-Artistic Director of the Skaneateles Festival in Central New York.