Lori Piitz

Pianist Lori Piitz has performed and taught in both North America and Europe. Prior to moving to Virginia, Ms. Piitz lived in Germany for nine years where she participated in recitals for the Wagner Society and the New Music Association of Germany. A frequent soloist with the Neusäss Chamber Orchestra, she also presented a cycle of Beethoven works for cello and piano with Professor Helga Winold in Munich and Augsburg. She has been a guest at the Festival of the Sound in Canada, the Schleswig-Holstein and Villa Musica Festivals in Germany, and at the Mozart Bicentennial Series in Avery Fisher Hall. Piitz holds a degree in piano performance from the University of Ottawa. She has been a winner in the Canadian Music Competitions (CMC) and was a finalist in CBC television's “Virtuoses en Herbe” Competition. She is currently on faculty at James Madison University's School of Music.