About

Dr. Yanet Bermudez holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Arts in Havana, Cuba, a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature from the James Madison University. 

She has been featured in the United States, Cuba, and Venezuela as a solo and collaborative pianist. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the origins and developments of the Danzas Cubanas for the piano in the works by Cervantes, Lecuona, and Gisela Hernandez. In addition, Dr. Bermudez obtained first prizes in several piano solo and chamber music competitions, including the IV Concurso Iberoamericano de Piano and the XVII Musicalia International Competitions, and the Cubadisco Grand Prize in 2006 for her participation in the DVD Mozart in in Havana commemorating Mozart's 250 Anniversary. 

Dr. Bermudez has a passion for collaborating with instrumental and voice soloists. In Cuba, she collaborated with soprano Johana Simon and saxophonist Aliet Errasti. In Venezuela, she served as a collaborative pianist for the Latin-American Academy of Violoncello as a part of the Fundación Musical Simon Bolivar. 

Dr. Bermudez served as a graduate teacher assistant at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and James Madison University in the group piano labs, music education, music appreciation, and as a collaborative pianist in several voice studios. In addition, as an independent music and piano teacher, she has taught private and group classes at the Mount Olive Music Academy, the International School of Music, the Preparatory Music program at the Eastern Mennonite University, Web of Wisdom K12 school, and currently at the New Tampa Piano and Pedagogy Academy.