Lana Bode is an American-British pianist, educator and artist producer, whose performance is ‘expertly calibrated’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘deeply examined’ (Gramophone). She is highly acclaimed for her performances of contemporary music and innovative cross-arts programming. She performs as a solo pianist and has shared the stage with singers and instrumentalists including Marcus Farnsworth, Alessandro Fisher, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Anna Harvey, Robert Murray, Mark Padmore, Lucy Schaufer and James Turnbull. She is also a member of the Tailleferre Ensemble.

A champion of new music, Lana has commissioned or premiered works by Terence Allbright, Charlotte Bray, Richard Barnard, Scott Eyerly, Kevin Malone, Zoë Martlew, Jeremy Thurlow and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Lana has also collaborated with composers Alison Bauld, Harrison Birtwistle, Jonathan Dove, Helen Grime, Sadie Harrison, Libby Larsen and Judith Weir.

Lana’s recital career has taken her from major London venues to festivals around the UK including Aldeburgh Festival, Barbican Hall, Kings Place, Purcell Room, Snape Proms and Wigmore Hall. International engagements have taken her to the USA, France and Germany, and she can frequently be heard in live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.

In 2019, she released her highly-acclaimed debut album I and Silence: Women’s Voices in American Song with mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons. 2023 saw the release of two further discs: There are things to be said with the Tailleferre Ensemble, and dream.risk.sing: elevating women’s voices with soprano Samantha Crawford.

Lana holds a BMus with High Distinction from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and an MMus with Distinction from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she was awarded the coveted Concert Recital Diploma. She was the inaugural winner of the Viola Tunnard Young Artist award, resulting in a year-long residency at Snape Maltings under the mentorship of Roger Vignoles.

Lana is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Virginia Woolf & Music concert project, and a member of faculty at Eltham College and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Lana’s work is supported by Arts Council England, Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Council, Leverhulme Trust, Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust and Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust.