Allison Freeman

A native of North Carolina, pianist Allison Freeman is equally established as a soloist and collaborator. She earned her Master’s degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University as a student of Boris Slutsky, where she held a graduate assistantship in accompanying. Allison completed her undergraduate studies with Alvin Chow at Oberlin Conservatory, and received her high school diploma with a concentration in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied with Eric Larsen. Allison has performed at the Southeastern Piano Festival, Meadowmount School Of Music, Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Banff Centre, and Beijing International Music Festival, and has appeared as soloist with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and the Oberlin Orchestra. While at Oberlin, Allison was a recipient of the Rudolf Serkin Prize, the Faustina Hurlbutt Prize, and the Pi Kappa Lambda Prize. Allison has served as a collaborative pianist for the Castleman Quartet Program, the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, and currently works as a collaborative pianist at the Peabody Conservatory and the Heifetz International Music Institute.

When not at the piano, Allison enjoys running marathons and ultramarathons and spending time with her maltipoo, Luna.