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Berenika Schmitz
Concert Pianist
40 Under 40, continued ...Published: May 01, 2011
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Berenika Schmitz has played everywhere from the Wigmore Hall in London to the Green Music Center in Sonoma, for luminaries such as composer Philip Glass and producer Steven Spielberg. At one point she was presented to Queen Elizabeth as the star pianist at Oxford University, where she was obtaining a master’s degree. Before that, Schmitz graduated from the famed Julliard School and magna cum laude from Harvard.
Her love of music began early. Schmitz started piano at the age of 3 and performed as a soloist with a symphony orchestra at age 9. In her travels around the world, she played with orchestras like the Santa Rosa Symphony, Oxford Philomusica and Pittsburgh Symphony. Three years ago, she married a U.S. Marine and moved to Dana Point to be near his base at Camp Pendleton, where she is vice president of the Officer’s Wives’ Club.
Schmitz also works as the artistic director for the city of Dana Point and founded the city’s Coastal Arts Concert Series, so that her community could enjoy classical music.
OC METRO'S 2011 40 UNDER 40
Natashia Tomek | Mike Sheets and Avi Pai | Doug Francis
Genoveva Meza Talbott | Matt Prince | Ash Kumra | Mike Levin
Nicole Suydam | Tony DiCostanzo | John Yarrington
Berenika Schmitz | Naushad Huda | Jasun Weiner | Matt Brown
Matthew K. Stewart | Caterina Hall | Annie Le | Theo Rokos
Theresa Watts | Alejandro Angulo | Joshua Colover
Carolyn Morgan | Steve Ribultan | Morgan McKean
Laurie Rowen and Erin Giglia | Michael Wulf | Ali Sabet
Janice Voshall | Tirzah Lowe | Lindsay Pavlik Lawrence
Scott Slater | Luca Cesarini | Kristen Cuffee-Brown | Mike Smith
Jonathan Rettinger | Robyn Annan Webb | Garrett Calacci
Molly Jo Rosen | Bryan Starr | Inga Sanders
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Berenika Schmitz has played everywhere from the Wigmore Hall in London to the Green Music Center in Sonoma, for luminaries such as composer Philip Glass and producer Steven Spielberg. At one point she was presented to Queen Elizabeth as the star pianist at Oxford University, where she was obtaining a master’s degree. Before that, Schmitz graduated from the famed Julliard School and magna cum laude from Harvard. Her love of music began early. Schmitz started piano at the age of 3 and performed as a soloist with a symphony orchestra at age 9. In her travels around the world, she played with orchestras like the Santa Rosa Symphony, Oxford Philomusica and Pittsburgh Symphony. Three years ago, she married a U.S. Marine and moved to Dana Point to be near his base at Camp Pendleton, where she is vice president of the Officer’s Wives’ Club. Schmitz also works as the artistic director for the city of Dana Point and founded the city’s Coastal Arts Concert Series, so that her community could enjoy classical music. OC METRO'S 2011 40 UNDER 40 Natashia Tomek | Mike Sheets and Avi Pai | Doug Francis Genoveva Meza Talbott | Matt Prince | Ash Kumra | Mike Levin Nicole Suydam | Tony DiCostanzo | John Yarrington Berenika Schmitz | Naushad Huda | Jasun Weiner | Matt Brown Matthew K. Stewart | Caterina Hall | Annie Le | Theo Rokos Theresa Watts | Alejandro Angulo | Joshua Colover Carolyn Morgan | Steve Ribultan | Morgan McKean Laurie Rowen and Erin Giglia | Michael Wulf | Ali Sabet Janice Voshall | Tirzah Lowe | Lindsay Pavlik Lawrence Scott Slater | Luca Cesarini | Kristen Cuffee-Brown | Mike Smith Jonathan Rettinger | Robyn Annan Webb | Garrett Calacci Molly Jo Rosen | Bryan Starr | Inga Sanders <<< Back to main page |
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