15 Facts About Olga Kern

Olga Vladimirovna Kern is a Russian and American classical pianist.

Olga Kern's parents are both pianists, and she is related to the Russian socialite and memoirist Anna Petrovna Kern.

Olga Kern won her first international competition, the Concertino Praga Competition, at age 11 in Czechoslovakia.

Olga Kern continued her studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Sergei Dorensky and continued her postgraduate studies at the same school.

Olga Kern studied with Professor Boris Petrushansky at the Accademia Pianistica 'Incontri col Maestro' in Imola.

Olga Kern adopted her mother's surname, Kern, professionally as her international career developed.

Olga Kern attended the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997 and did not progress past the R1 level.

Olga Kern appears in three documentaries about the competition: Playing on the Edge, They Came to Play, and The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold.

An additional documentary was made about Kern following the 2001 Van Cliburn competition, titled Olga's Journey.

Olga Kern was jury chairman for the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition in June 2016.

Olga Kern is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences's Division of the Arts.

Olga Kern was artistic director of the Cape Town Summer Festival from 2006 to 2011 and frequently returns.

In September 2017, Olga Kern joined the piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.

Vladimir Olga Kern conducted the finalist concert with the New Mexico Philharmonic.

Olga Kern's son is Vladislav Kern, who plays the piano and graduated from Juilliard's Pre-College School in May 2016.