About

In 1998, concert pianist, Yolanda Klappert created an original CD-ROM which launched her career in digital art - and has been involved with many other CD-ROMs and animations. She has had several solo exhibitions of her work - in New York City, Rome, Italy and in several Los Angeles Galleries. Among sites of exhibition are Chashama Gallery of New York City; Art Roma, Rome, Italy, Long Beach Arts Center, California; Topanga Canyon Gallery, California, Arthouse Gallery, Santa Monica; Gallery 41; Fulton Street Gallery, New York; and elsewhere.

After a performing and recording career as a classical concert pianist, Yolanda Klappert was excited to discover she could express complicated and interdisciplinary ideas on a multitude of levels, simultaneously. The computer became her keyboard, camera, and paintbrush. Most significantly, she experienced a profound joy in creating “something from nothing” while combining my instincts as a musical and visual artist with the sophistication of “cutting edge” technology. Three modern-era artists have influenced her and demonstrate an artist expression similar to J,S. Bach’s. Each of the artists, Escher, Durer and Van Gogh, worked within the conventions of art - respectively using pen and ink, watercolors and oils - yet each transcend the implied boundaries of their media by creating innovative forms and styles.

Yolanda Klappert has recorded 25 albums. She studied at the Ravel Academie in St. Jean-de-Luz, France and Fontainebleau Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. She earned a B.M. at the University of Cincinnati : Conservatory of Music; an M.M. and M.M.A. from Yale University; and a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Music. Her albums are available on iTunes.

Yolanda ‘s next adventure is redefining the classical music experience by combining music and digital art along with musical commentary – called CLASSICALLY DIGITAL. She has been performing all around the country.

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