Jeanette Aufiero

Biography

     Jeanette Aufiero, 25, a Juilliard Pre-college and Manhattan School of Music graduate, holds her Master of Music degree from Cleveland Institute of Music.  She is currently on scholarship at CIM pursuing her Artist Diploma with Antonio Pompa-Baldi.  Mentored by legendary Alexander Slobodyanik, she has studied under other such notable pianists as Susan Starr, Vladimir Feltsman, James Tocco and Artur Papazian. 
     Ms. Aufiero is an active performer, having performed at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the New Jersey State Theatre, Steinway Hall in New York City, PianoForte in Chicago, and the Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito de Santo Domingo.     Ms. Aufiero is a prizewinner of El Primer Concurso Iberoamericano para Jóvenes Pianistas, the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, the Jacob Flier International Competition, the NJSO Young Artist Audition, and the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey.  She is a recipient of the Vera Blacker Scholarship, the Mary Eaton LeFevre Scholarship, and a Gilmore Festival Fellowship.