Solo and Collaborative

Award winning pianist Elektra Schmidt performs as solo artist and in chamber groups in the United States as well as France, Greece, and the United Kingdom. She has had the good fortune to learn alongside such visionaries as Marios Papadopoulos, Neil Immelman, Theodor Paraskeveku, the Ganev duo and others.

After graduating summa cum laude from the National Conservatory of her native Greece in the class of her cherished mentor Stavroula Papadiamanti, Elektra pursued her post-graduate studies in Paris at the Schola Cantorum and the Conservatoire Raoul Pugno under the guidance of distinguished pianist Lilia Boyadjieva.
She received her master’s degree with First Prize and Distinction (Medaille d’Or avec les felicitations du jury).
 

Elektra is the founder of Artist Migration, an organization dedicated to the integration and mobility of international artists.
She has collaborated with international festivals throughout the world including the San Francisco International Arts Festival, Art  in Nature Festival and Flower Piano Festival.
Elektra is based in San Francisco and is the newest member of the Four Corners Ensemble. She is also one of the pioneering musicians of the SerenAid project, providing therapeutic virtual concerts for hospital patients.