Edna Stern (born 6 March 1977 in Bruxelles) is a Belgian-Israelian Pianist.
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She began to play the piano at the age of six. She studied piano under Viktor Derevianko and Natasha Tadson at the Rubin Akademie in Tel Aviv. Afterwards she studied at the Chapelle Royale Reine Elisabeth in Bruxelles, and has taken part in courses with Martha Argerich. In 1996 she move to Basel, where she studied for four years as a student of Krystian Zimerman.[1] Later on she took part in masters courses in piano in Como under Alicia de Larrocha, Dimitri Bashkirow, Andreas Staier and Leon Fleisher.
In 2000 she won the international competition, Senigallia, and in 2001 the Juventus Award. In 2003 Stern moved to Paris, there she began to play the fortepiano. Her first CD, Chaconne, was named the best CD of 2005 by Arte.
Since September 2009 she has taught at the Royal College of Music in London.
Her current repertoire varies from Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Luciano Berio to contemporary composers.