Louise Costigan-Kerns has performed internationally as a concert pianist, collaborative pianist and conductor. Her concerts have been reviewed as “inspiring and technically amazing performances.” She is originally from Alberta, Canada. In the San Francisco Bay Area Ms. Costigan-Kerns is a voice/opera coach and recital pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Stanford University, and also a free-lance solo and collaborative pianist. Ms. Costigan-Kerns Bay Area performances with orchestra include the Lou Harrison piano concerto with the Redwood Symphony, Liszt piano concerto number 1 with the Winchester Orchestra, Shostakovich second piano concerto with the Palo Alto Philharmonic, Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with the Santa Cruz Symphony and Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto with the New Millennium Chamber orchestra. Ms. Costigan-Kerns’ first solo piano CD “My Favorite Performances,” was released in 2004. “Piano With Passion,” her second CD, was released in 2007 and “Into the Light,” her third CD, was released in 2011. All are available on iTunes and cdbaby.com. She can be seen performing Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and Harrison on YouTube. Ms. Costigan-Kerns very much looks forward to performing a Mozart Piano Concerto with Redwood Symphony next season. You can follow her on Spotify and stream her music.