Heather O'Donnell

She began studying piano at the age of five, her most influential teachers were Charles Milgrim, Stephen Drury and Peter Serkin.

She holds degrees in psychology from Freie Universität Berlin and SRH Hochschule, along with certifications in musicians' health and mindfulness teaching.

O'Donnell has presented at international conferences, including the Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposium and the European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC).

Bach's Goldberg Variations, Charles Ives's- Concord Sonata, and Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit).

She gave premieres of solo piano works (including pieces by Luciano Berio, Walter Zimmermann, James Tenney, Michael Finnissy, Frederic Rzewski, and Oliver Schneller).