Audrey Vardanega

Current Position

Biography

(She/Her) Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist Audrey Vardanega (b.1995) has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States.
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Experience

Musaics of the Bay

Present - Present
Berkeley, CA

Artistic Director

Present - Present
Audrey is the Founder and Artistic Director of Musaics of the Bay, a nonprofit chamber music series dedicated to inspiring collaborations among visual artists, composers, and performers in the Bay Area and beyond.

Arium

Present - Present
New York, NY

Chief Operating Officer

Present - Present
Launching platform integration with blockchain technologies and the opening of the Arium Marketplace. Enabling musicians, curators and organizations to ethically incentivize and monetize their data and content via initial Concert Offerings, NFTs, and other innovative forms of digital ownership and incentivization. Building a global values network where artists can take control of their own data, virtual presence through redirecting existing patrons and attracting new audiences, redefining the landscape and career trajectory for the Web3.0 informed musician of today.
New York, NY

Teaching Intern

2014

Biography

Audrey Vardanega

She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Musaics of the Bay, a nonprofit chamber music series dedicated to connecting musicians, composers and visual artists for collaborations around the world, and the co-founder and COO of Arium TV. She has been featured as a solo and chamber musician at the Hangzhou Grand Theater, Festival Napa Valley, the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, the Teatro del Libertador San Martín in Córdoba, Argentina, the Conservatorio de Musica in Bilbao, Spain, San Francisco’s Old First Concerts Series, San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, the Berkeley Crowden School's "Sundays at 4" Concert Series, Festival del Sole Napa Valley, Rockefeller University’s Tri-Institutional Noon Concerts Series, the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, Santa Cruz’s “Distinguished Artists Concert and Lecture Series,” and the Berkeley Hillside Club Concert Series. Festival appearances include the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, IMS Prussia Cove, and the Carnegie Hall Workshops. Upcoming 2021 appearances include soloing with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and concertizing at Festival Napa Valley in Summer of 2021. She has received instruction from notable artists including Leon Fleisher, Thomas Adés, Gidon Kremer, Robert Levin, Miriam Fried, and Jonathan Biss. She currently studies with Richard Goode. Audrey lives in Berkeley, CA and New York City; she enjoys cooking and spending time with her shih-tzu and morkie, Romeo and Bear. Audrey made her debut as a soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra at the age of 11 and her debut with the Midsummer Mozart Festival under the baton of the late Maestro George Cleve in 2010, 2012, and 2013, becoming the youngest soloist in the history of the festival. She made her solo recital debut at the age of 12 on the Bouchaine Young Artists Series with Festival Napa Valley in California.