Stephanie Wendt

Stephanie Wendt is accomplished as a performer, writer and radio producer and announcer. Raised in Australia, Stephanie began her piano studies at the age of five. She went on to earn degrees in piano performance from The Curtis institute of Music and Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota, studying with illustrious teachers including Jorge Bolet, Gary Graffman and Enrica Caballo-Gulli. Winner of numerous competitions, she has performed as chamber musician and soloist on five continents, in venues ranging from Avery Fisher Hall in New York to a maximum-security prison. Stephanie has held teaching positions at the University of Indianapolis, Bethel College in St. Paul, and the University of Minnesota. On the radio, she has worked as a producer and host for Minnesota Public Radio and WCAL. In 2003, Stephanie launched her one-woman play about Clara Schumann, Clara's Visitor, and received the 2003-2004 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians, as well as the Gracie Allen Award for Best Radio Portrait from American Women in Radio and Television.