lumina no.199 heather morrison - natalia lerner

heather morrison holds the position of principal keyboard with the thunder bay symphony orchestra and is a lecturer in the department of music at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . she is the concert  co-ordinator and faculty pianist for interprovincial music camp held annually in the muskokas. as a member of the trio music in common, heather appears regularly on concert series at the stratford festival. she is an active adjudicator, engaged by festivals from vancouver to toronto.  upcoming performances include a  chamber music concert at the perimeter institute in waterloo.

natalia lerner had begun her music studies at the specialized school for gifted children in riga, latvia. after immigrating to  canada natalia continued her musical education at the most  prestigious canadian learning institutions such as university of  ottawa and universite de montreal. natalia had completed her  bachelor’s degree at the university of ottawa under the tutelage of  highly reputed pianist and professor andrew tunis. natalia’s  graduate studies were supervised by distinguished artists and  pedagogues jean saulnier and marc durand. as a result, natalia  holds master degree, artist diploma and doctoral degree from the  universite de montreal. natalia’s doctoral research had included  profound study of sons of bach and their contributions to the evolution of classical style. in addition to her academic studies,  natalia had participated in professional training programs in orford  and banff centres for the arts. a prize winner of numerous  canadian competitions and festivals, natalia also had been a  recipient of numerous awards and scholarships for the academic excellence. at the moment natalia continues her active career as a  performer and a teacher. she is a faculty member of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and enjoys her family life with her husband marat and  daughter daniella.