Heidi Louise Williams

Heidi Louise Williams, Assistant Professor of Piano, joined The Florida State University piano faculty in 2007. She has appeared in solo and chamber music performances across the U.S. and internationally, winning numerous prizes. Her 2004 New York debut at Lincoln Center received highest critical acclaim, leading to a return engagement at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2006. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with many outstanding American and international artists. She is actively involved in the promotion of new music and has worked with distinguished composers including Chen Yi, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Augusta Read Thomas, and many others. Williams has recorded concerto, solo, and chamber music for the Naxos and Albany Records labels. She completed her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she studied with renowned pianist Ann Schein and coached chamber music with Samuel Sanders, Earl Carlyss, Stephen Kates, and Robert McDonald.