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Lana Bode, Pianist

Lana Bode

Lana Bode is a London-based pianist from the United States who has studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she received her BMus magna cum laude. Her primary teachers were Edward Auer, Lisa Emenheiser, and Patsy Toh. Lana is a regular performer and successful competitor with experience in a variety of musical activities. Since beginning her study of the piano at age seven, Lana has performed regularly in concerts, recitals, master classes, auditions, judged recitals, and competitions. Her large repertoire includes the study and performance of advanced works by a wide selection of composers.

Lana has won numerous awards for her captivating performances. While still in secondary school, Lana was a winner of the James A. Bland Scholarship Competition for three consecutive years. Lana won first place at the Loudoun Arts Council Excellence in the Arts Piano Competition and was a top prizewinner in the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association Piano Concerto Competition. She was chosen in competition to perform a solo recital at the Alden Music Theatre as part of the 2002-2003 Rising Stars recital series. At Indiana University, Lana developed an esteemed reputation for her performances as a chamber musician and accompanist. She has worked extensively with vocalists and string, woodwind, and brass players, including students of Janos Starker, Mark Kaplan, James Campbell, Marietta Simpson, and Sharon Robinson.

Lana's love for music has led to an intensive involvement in community activities. While at Indiana University, she worked as an administrative assistant to Edward Auer, a position that entailed scheduling lessons and masterclass performances, and organising the 2008 Chopin Workshop. She also organised an orchestral concert, in which she performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major. In secondary school, she was the orchestral keyboardist for the Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra, the MasterWorks Festival Orchestra, and the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra. She also performed as a soloist with the Loudoun Symphony String Workshop Orchestra. While at Indiana University, Lana studied harpsichord and fortepiano, and has been the harpsichordist for both chamber music and orchestra performances. She has more than ten years of experience teaching piano lessons. Lana also has experience as a pianist for professional dinner parties, most notably for the faculty and donors of Patrick Henry College in Virginia.

In addition to her musical accomplishments, Lana has a prestigious academic record. Most recently, she won the 2008 Mu Phi Epsilon Musicological Research Contest Award for her paper entitled “A Revolution in French Keyboard Music: Expression and Imagery within François Couperin’s Pièces de Clavecin.” In 2005, Lana was named a National Merit Scholar. She won first place at the Right at Home Essay Contest and second place in the Optimist Club Capital-Virginia District Essay Contest. Lana has also won several poetry awards including the Editor’s Choice Award in the International Open Amateur Poetry Contest. She is currently devoting her spare time to studying psychology and assisting in research projects at University College London.

Click the links below to hear a selection of Lana's past live performances:

Lana Bode performs Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major with an Indiana University student orchestra in August 2008

Bartók Szabadban (Sz.81) "Out of Doors"
    With drums and pipes
    Barcarolla
    Musettes
    The night's music
    The chase

Chopin
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Mozart
    Fantasy in C Minor K475

Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
    Allegramente
    Adagio assai
    Presto

Schumann Fantasiestucke
Des Abends