Tetiana Shafran is the 2019 Olga Kern International Piano Competition Gold Medalist, and 2022 IKOF Guest Artist.
Wesley Leffingwell is the IKOF 2013 Odyssiad® Gold Medalist and 2015 Bronze Medalist.
Takako Tokuda, IKOF 2014 Odyssiad® Gold Medalist, performing Gershwin's "Embraceable You" in an arrangement by the pianist, Earl Wild.
Ju-eun Lee, IKOF Guest Artist, performs in IKOF's new informal video series, A Musical Odyssey.
Abigail Varghese, 2013 IKOF Gold Medalist, performs in IKOF's new informal video series, A Musical Odyssey.
Kemal Gekic, Artist in Residence at the Florida International University in Miami and IKOF Guest Artist, performs in IKOF's video series A Musical Odyssey.
Vadym Kholodenko, Van Cliburn Gold Medalist and IKOF Guest Artist, performs in IKOF's informal video series, A Musical Odyssey.
Natalia Trull, Professor of Piano at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, performs in IKOF's new informal video series, A Musical Odyssey.
Dongni Xie, 2017 IKOF Gold Medalist and Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College, performs in IKOF's new informal video series, A Musical Odyssey.
Italian pianist Roberto Plano, Associate Professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, performs with his family in IKOF's new informal video series.
A Musical Odyssey featuring Eva Gevorgyan, 2021 IKOF Guest Artist and 2019 Silver Medalist, Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition.
The 2020 edition had to be cancelled, but all the artists taking part in the festival are looking forward to 2021!
Described by Musical America and The New York Times as a "striking interpreter" who gives a "committed and heartfelt performance," pianist Fanya Lin has captivated audiences worldwide with her charismatic and gripping performances.
Welcome to a Musical Odyssey, featuring a glimpse into the lives of IKOF Guest Artists and Odyssiad® winners from the last ten years, from 2012, when IKOF was founded, to 2021.
Every two weeks in 2021 we featured former guest artists and Odyssiad® winners as they performed from the comfort and safety of their private homes and studios around the world. A big thank you goes out to the dear friends of IKOF who volunteered to participate in this informal video project.
Although we had to postpone the 2021 IKOF due to COVID-19, we are already looking forward to hosting our guest artists and participants for the grand celebration of our 11th Anniversary season, July 30 - August 6, 2022.
We hope you enjoy these performances and that you will join us next summer for the 2022 Odyssiad® — "A Journey to the Performance of a Lifetime." You will love it!
Dr. Janet Landreth
Founder & Executive Director, International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
Professor Emerita of Piano & Keyboard Area Coordinator, Colorado State University
