Audrey Axinn, Faculty, Chamber Music/Fortepiano on Influential Women

Influential Woman · Classical music education

Audrey Axinn

Faculty, Chamber Music/Fortepiano, The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music

New York, NY

2Awards received

Certifications · Degrees · Memberships

Degree Doctoral of Musical Arts and Master of Music from The Juilliard School; Bachelor of Music from Manhattan School of Music; Diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music; additional studies at Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Her Story

About Audrey

Faculty member and classical performance practice specialist with over two decades of experience teaching chamber music, fortepiano, collaborative piano and multiple graduate and undergraduate courses. . Based in New York, she teaches at The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music, and also serves on faculty at Manhattan School of Music and remotely at the Tianjin Juilliard School, Juilliard's international branch campus in China. Her teaching spans solo and collaborative piano, chamber music, fortepiano, and courses in rhetoric, pedagogy, ornamentation, and historical performance practice. She has held academic leadership roles including Interim Director of Chamber Music at Juilliard, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs at The Tianjin Juilliard School, and Assistant Dean at Mannes. She is the co-Director of Academy of Fortepiano Performance, a workshop in historical keyboard performance hosted by Catskill Mountain Foundation.

Her Interview

Ten minutes with Audrey

01What do you attribute your success to?

A deep passion for musical performance and teaching; wide-ranging skillset; deep intellectual curiosity about music.

02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

Be prepared to have to prove yourself for your entire career and say 'yes' to professional opportunities that are within your skillset and may be outside your expectations.

03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?

Passion, curiosity, integrity, kindness, patience, and willingness to work extremely hard

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