Concert pianist Caroline Oltmanns, professor of piano in the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, released her new concept album “Ghosts” at a reception and performance at the Pollock House on the YSU campus.
The event last month included YSU President Jim Tressel and many of Oltmann’s friends. Watch a video at www.youtube.com….
“Ghosts” is Oltmanns’ sixth solo album on the Filia Mundi label and features works by Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and Wilding.
A native of Germany, Oltmanns is a Fulbright Scholar, International Steinway Artist, and recipient of awards through the Annette-Kade-Stiftung and the Stipendium der deutschen Wirtschaft. She earned her diploma at the Staatliche Musikhochschule Freiburg and master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
She has presented master classes and workshops in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, South Africa, Canada and China. Her students have been accepted into prestigious programs in the United States and abroad. Oltmanns has initiated and supported several philanthropic causes through regular benefit appearances and recently established the endowment 88 Hearts for Youngstown, a fund to support scholarships for piano students.
Highlights of her 2016-17 season include two concert tours to Switzerland, appearances in Germany and a solo debut in London. Previous concert seasons have included concerto appearances with Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, Harburger Orchester Academie and Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. Solo recital venues have included Steinway Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York; Preston Bradley Hall in Chicago; Redlands Bowl and Leo Bing Theater in Los Angeles. Regular recital tours abroad have included Stadttheater Fürth, Germany; Festival International de Piano Franz Liszt, France; Baxter Hall and Endler Hall, South Africa.
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