We are thrilled to have Jennifer Stumm at this year’s Summer Academy!
Violist and director Jennifer Stumm blazes a courageous creative path with diverse projects mixing sheer musical enthusiasm with boundary-breaking social innovation. Known for the “opal-like beauty” (Washington Post) of her sound, Jennifer appears on stages around the world both as solo violist and as artistic director of Ilumina. She is the 2024 recipient of the Pablo Casals Prize for a better world, and was winner of the William Primrose, Geneva, and Concert Artist Guild competitions (the first violist ever to win first prize.) The 2024-25 season brings Jennifer’ s return as soloist in the large hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, a week-long residency at the Edinburgh Festival, and appearances on four continents.
An enthusiastic speaker and writer, Jennifer recently spoke at NASA about how the arts can help innovate toward a better world, and her viral TEDx talk about the viola and the blessings of being different, “The Imperfect Instrument,” was named an editor’s pick of all TED talks and led to a solo debut at the Berlin Philharmonie.
Jennifer Stumm is Professor of Viola at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and plays a Gasparo da Salò viola, 1589, generously on loan from a private trust.
The strings course is from August 11th-15th, 2025
Apply here before the deadline April 6th.
Read more about Voksenåsen Summer Academy here.