Johanna Ballou has been enthralling American and European audiences with magnetic stage presence and dynamic interpretations as a soloist and collaborative pianist through the USA and Europe. She completed her studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the UK and has studied with Daniel Martyn Lewis, Rolf Hind, Seth Carlin, William Phemister, and members of Grammy Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. After her acclaimed Welsh premier of György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, she toured alongside members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and London Sinfonietta for the contemporary chamber opera company Music Theatre Wales. She has collaborated with Diversions, the National Dance Company of Wales, and worked in music for Welsh independent film, television, theater, and art installation projects. Ballou returned to the USA in 2008, and currently has a wide range of active projects covering many genres including rock, Broadway, chamber music, and solo piano performances. She performs and records new works by living composers, plays with numerous chamber music organizations in St. Louis, and also performs with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.