Keren Schweitzer, DMA

She has appeared on numerous occasions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performed chamber music concerts with its members, and has served as Guest Principal Flute of the Reno Chamber Orchestra. She has performed at the Tanglewood, Spoleto, Caramoor, and Bowdoin Music Festivals and with the Verbier Festival Orchestra. Recently, she appeared in concert at Classical Tahoe, alongside her husband, LA Philharmonic cellist Jason Lippmann. She has appeared numerous time as part of the Colburn School Faculty Recital series, as well as solo recitals at the University of Idaho and Bowling Green State University. She has performed at the MACCC convention in San Francisco in 2017 and at the National Flute Association Conventions in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015. Keren was the winner of the 2011 Byron Hester Flute Competition, the 2010 National Flute Association Convention Performer’s Competition, First Prize at the 1997 Flute Talk Competition, and a finalist in the 2000 Concert Artists Guild Competition. While a student, she won the concerto competitions at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.

A well renown teacher, Keren was the 2024-25 Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute at Bowling Green State University School of Music. She currently serves as flute faculty at Claremont Graduate University, Mount Saint Mary’s University, and the Colburn School; CHMI chamber music program. Her former students attend prestigious music conservatories including the Juilliard School, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, The University of Michigan, New England Conservatory of Music and University of Southern California, among others. Also a published writer, her articles on music have appeared in Symphony magazine, The Paris New Music Review and Salon Arts magazine. Keren is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music where she received her Doctorate in Musical Performance. Her principal teachers include Jeanne Baxtresser, Linda Chesis, and Byron Hester