Correio Braziliense Jornal | Pedro Almeida | Abril 2022
Entrevista - Pianista norte-americana encanta vizinhos com música clássica no Lago Sul Recém-chegada a Brasília, a pianista norte-americana Jennifer Heemstra ganhou apoio dos vizinhos no Lago Sul para um projeto que divulga música clássica no bairro. Onde as palavras falham, a música fala. Há seis meses em Brasília, a pianista clássica norte-americana Jennifer Heemstra, que ainda não domina o português, encontrou nas teclas do piano uma forma de dialogar com a nova vizinhança. De portas abertas, Jen recebe os vizinhos para concertos intimistas na própria sala de estar, no Lago Sul. |
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Interview with Adventures in Syncopation | August 19, 2021
Performing Arts Background: Started piano lessons when I was 8 years old. Started playing clarinet in middle school band and played through sophomore year of high school. Accompanied school choruses on piano (and sang) from grade 5 through grade 12. In middle school, attended Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for two summers and Interlochen Music Camp for one summer. First paying gig on piano, age 13. |
Live interview with Marc Djokic |Canada | August 9, 2020
LIVE interview|ASIA Plus 107.0 FM | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Oct 2019
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Parvoz Magazine | Somon Air | Summer 2019 Interview with American Piano Player Parvoz: Hello, Jennifer! Could you tell us about yourself? A little bit of background, how did you happen to be in Tajikistan? |
LIVE interview on set with Friends FM 91.9
Kolkata, India|May 1, 2019
The New Indian Express Indulge - April 26, 2019
Interview - Pianist Jennifer Heemstra and violinist Patrick TS Yim to trace the ancient Silk route at their concert From Hessler to Hindustan NEXT week, get ready to embark on an aural journey across nations, countries, and continents with the Hessler Street Duo. Comprising pianist Jennifer Heemstra and violinist Patrick TS Yim, the duo in their concert From Hessler to Hindustan will trace the ancient Silk Road, which connected several countries across Asia, Africa, and Europe, to create a channel that facilitated the silk trade as well as the exchange of information between cultures. |
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The Telegraph - Feb 8, 2018 Interview -Jennifer Heemstra serves up some cool classical tunes What is the hardest part about being a musician? |
Serenade Magazine - Aug 3, 2017 Review - All that Jazz Jennifer Heemstra, the iconic entrepreneur, pianist and social activist (Yes, I actually said that) of cultural enlightenment and change, who has in three brief years made this city her second home and brought some great American talent to its audiences, presented in the latest of this year’s series, the dramatic and exciting soprano/contralto, Chelsea Coyne (amazing vocal range) in a generous collection of concerts titled “All That Jazz”. I would strongly advise a deep breath here, there was no other way to put it. (full article) |
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The Telegraph - May 13, 2017 Review - Many Surprises Family feuds rarely play out as pleasingly as the one at the Goethe Institut on March 24 did. The Kolkata Classics Club's Jennifer Heemstra brought together three noted musicians to recreate, through one of Brahms's finest chamber works, the 'classic family feud' between the piano on the one hand and the cello, violin and viola on the other. The concert, titled Three Strings and a Hammer, featured Heemstra on the piano, Wendy Case on the violin, Amir Eldan on the cello and Kirsten Docter on the viola; they performed the Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 25. (full article) |
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CIM Notes - Spring 2015Imagine you’re a classically trained pianist about to perform in front of a crowd that can’t wait to hear your first note. But instead of seats, your audience sits on the floor. Instead of a Steinway, you’re playing on a keyboard you’ve brought with you. And out of the corner of your eye, you can see a heard of water buffalo saunter by. This was reality for alumna Jennifer Heemstra, who has spent the last year performing classical music all over India. She and her colleagues have performed in everything from the slums and poverty-stricken villages to ballrooms and 1,500-seat theaters packed to the brim. The |
LIVE interview on The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin on October 11, 2016 at 10:45 am EDT
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