{"id":16772,"date":"2025-03-07T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingtonconservatory.org\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=16772"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:54:02","slug":"dionne-laufman","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/washingtonconservatory.org\/bio\/dionne-laufman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dionne Laufman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>B.A., Sarah Lawrence; further studies at Peabody Conservatory; pupil of Leon Fleisher (1966-73), Konrad Wolff and Frank Glazer. Chamber music studies with members of the Fine Arts Quartet, the New York Woodwind Quintet and pianist Frank Glazer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner, 1975 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Performed throughout U.S., Europe, Canada. East Coast concert venues have included Carnegie Recital Hall, Kennedy Center, Phillips Collection, Wolf Trap, Dumbarton Oaks Concert Series, Corcoran Gallery, 13 embassies (pianist in first American chamber group ever to perform in the Russian Embassy and Russian Ambassador\u2019s Residence, 1992). Former pianist and co-director of Summer Serenades Chamber Music Festival, Strathmore Hall. Repertory member of the Washington Music Ensemble since 1987; participating member of Embassy Series since 1995; member of the National Chamber Ensemble since its inaugural season in 2007. Radio and TV broadcasts in U.S. and over Voice of America. Co-founder, Washington Conservatory, with Liova Kaplan, Miron Yampolsky and Diana Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":956,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[73,72,82],"class_list":["post-16772","bio","type-bio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-instructors","category-piano"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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