Jennifer Stumm
Viola
Jennifer Stumm is a violist and director with several projects that combine pure musical enthusiasm with groundbreaking artistic direction and a strong commitment to social equity.
She has appeared on major world stages such as Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Kennedy Center, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She is the founder and director of Ilumina, an artists’ collective and social equity initiative based in São Paulo, which brings together leading international soloists with the best emerging talents from Latin America, aiming to ensure that deserving talent has equal opportunities to shine. She regularly engages with the innovation and technology sector on how artistic thinking can influence progress, productivity, and the world of ideas.
She performs at major festivals such as Verbier, Marlboro, Stavanger, Spoleto, Aldeburgh, Delft, and IMS Prussia Cove, and appears regularly with Spectrum Concerts Berlin and in a trio with cellist Jens-Peter Maintz and Kolja Blacher.
She teaches viola at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Royal College of Music in London. She studied with Karen Tuttle at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, with Nobuko Imai in Amsterdam, and with Steven Isserlis at IMS Prussia Cove, and also pursued political studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Stumm plays a Gasparo da Salò viola (1589), generously on loan from a private foundation.
