She won the Laure Van Cutsem prize, appeared as soloist with her country's national orchestra, and was selected to represent Belgium at an international festival of modern music in Bayreuth, Germany.
An International Queen Elizabeth Competition scholarship brought Jeanne Stark-Iochmans to the United States for a period of advanced study with Mieczysław Horszowski and Edwine Behre.
Jeanne Stark-Iochmans was esteemed, in Europe and in America, for her superb musicianship and deeply spiritual interpretations of classical music's most challenging repertoire for the piano.
Her artistry earned her the praise of some of the great musical masters of our time, including the composers Darius Milhaud, Olivier Messiaen and Lou Harrison.
Kent Nagano, Conductor Olivier Messiaen "Revelatory" New York Times Jeanne Stark-Iochmans can be heard on Arch Records' label with Debussy's Preludes, Books I and II.