Jessica Xylina Osborne

Photo by Mingzhe Wang, 2010

Jessica Osborne plays Rachmaninoff

Etude- Tableau in a minor, op. 39, no. 6 "Little Red Riding Hood"

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Hailed by the Washington Post as a pianist “with a refreshing mellowness and poetic touch” after her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Xylina Osborne has established herself as a soloist and chamber musician of emotional depth and passionate energy. She has performed widely in the United States and Europe, including performances in such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and Concert Hall, and Steinway Hall. Radio broadcasts include NPR’s Performance Today, WQXR in New York, WGMS in Washington D.C., and KUHF in Houston.

Jessica Osborne is an avid chamber music collaborator, working with some of the world’s most distinguished performing musicians including Miriam Fried and Felicia Moye, and with such rising stars as Ann Fontanella, Paul Chun-wen Huang, and Yura Lee. As a founding member of Trio Dumka, Ms. Osborne has toured Western Europe, including performances in Venasque, Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Barcelona.As an active proponent of new music, Jessica Osborne is a frequent collaborator with composers including Martin Bresnick and Christopher Theofanidis, and has premiered works by Matthew Barnson and Ted Hearne. She recently performed with members of Opera Moderne at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, receiving praise from the New York Times, and is a frequent collaborator in the renowned New Music New Haven series.A winner of numerous piano competitions, Jessica Osborne has received international recognition with top awards in the International Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Competition, International Russian Music Piano Competition, and the Ima Hogg Young Artists’ Competition. Jessica Osborne recently completed her doctoral studies in piano performance at Yale University, where she studied with Claude Frank. She received her Master of Music degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under the tutelage of Jon Kimura Parker. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University and the Juilliard School. Previous teachers include Emile Naoumoff, Seymour Lipkin, Martin Canin, Marjorie Lee, and Patricia Osborne.