Summer Stone, 39
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Woodland Hills, California
United States

Born in Dallas, Summer Stone started playing at the age of 4, and says she practiced relentlessly for decades, receiving a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of Kansas. Her career took a tangential turn; she worked with composers and publishers at ASCAP in New York and negotiated music licenses for films at 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios in California. After years away from the piano—and watching They Came to Play, the 2007 Cliburn Amateur Competition documentary—she realized she wanted to play again too. Aside from the time she now devotes to practicing, Ms. Stone also enjoys being with her husband, 8-year-old son, and 5-year-old daughter. An “insane-but-charming” Rhodesian Ridgeback named Basil completes the familial quintet.

COMPETITION REPERTOIRE

Preliminary Round
GINASTERA   Suite de Danzas Criollas, op. 15

Quarterfinal Round
SOLER   Sonata in D-flat Major, R. 88
CHOPIN   Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 5

Semifinal Round
RAVEL   Le Tombeau De Couperin, op. 68

Final Round
BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73: III. Rondo (allegro)