Kelly Lenahan
Piano
Kelly is a pianist at the Royal Danish Theatre.
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Kelly Lenahan is a pianist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She received her master’s degree from the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied piano under John Byrne and organ under Margaret Phillips as a Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholar and recipient of the Olive Rees Prize. Kelly received an undergraduate degree in music performance from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
As a collaborative pianist, Kelly has worked as a chamber musician and vocal accompanist for ensembles in London, Boston, and Washington, D.C.. Outside of classical music, she has also worked as a session musician and touring musician, performing with singer-songwriters, folk bands, and rock bands in the US and UK. She has been a company pianist with the Washington Ballet, and has been a guest pianist for Mark Morris Dance Group and American Ballet Theatre. She has performed as a soloist with the Britten-Pears Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony. Her performances with the Britten-Pears Orchestra are released on the Naxos label.
Currently, Kelly resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. where she is a pianist for the Royal Danish Ballet and Orchestra.