Inara Morgenstern

Inara Morgenstern has taken an active role in the San Francisco Bay Area classical music scene for more than three decades - in both performing and teaching roles. She joined Masterworks Chorale as accompanist in 2007, bringing her musical grace and humor to rehearsals and concerts.

Inara is well known for her solo and duo piano performances. In her solo piano performances, she has championed compositions by the Russian composer Nicolai Medtner as well as American composers, such as Amy Beach, Charles Griffes and Leo Ornstein. She has long partnered with her San Francisco State University colleague Victoria Neve on frequent programs of duo piano music by a wide range of classical and modern composers. In addition, Inara is renowned for her facility in accompaniment. She is in constant demand for vocal and instrumental programs. She frequently is heard in recitals at the University of California at Santa Cruz Music Dept.

She is also an accomplished educator, teaching piano and musicianship to students at San Francisco State University and she also teaches piano to adults in her private studio.

Inara is interested in animal causes and shoes.