JEANNE STARK-IOCHMANS graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and received the Conservatory's Prix de Virtuosite avec Grande Distinction.  Born in Belgium, Ms. Stark-Iochmans 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.

An International Queen Elisabeth scholarship brought Ms. Stark-Iochmans to the United States for advanced study with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Edwine Behre. Since that time, she has appeared in France, Canada, Mexico and Belgium. Following her debut in New York 's Carnegie Hall, Ms. Stark-Iochmans has performed with the New Haven Symphony, with the Boston Civic Orchestra, in Town Hall and on WNYC in New York .  Ms. Stark-Iochmans has performed extensively with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of Messiaen's Turangalila with Kent Nagano conducting.

In 1985, she performed a solo recital program at Carnegie Recital Hall and gave recitals at Alice Tully Hall in 1988 and 1992, both under the auspices of Today's Artists Concerts.  In 1996, she performed Bach's Goldberg Variations at Alice Tully Hall, under the auspices of Four Seasons Concerts. In 1998, Ms. Stark-Iochmans performed at the University of Istanbul in Turkey.

She can be heard on Arch Record's label in Debussy's Preludes, Books I and II. Her CD recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations and of the Last Three Sonatas of Beethoven are available at Tower Records. In October 2001, Ms. Stark-Iochmans gave her Carnegie Hall debut recital under the auspices of Four Seasons Concerts.

 

 

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