Rachel Breen

Biography

Rachel Breen was a student of the late Lars Vogt at Hannover's Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien; previously, she completed degrees at Yale University and the Juilliard School under Boris Slutsky and Julian Martin. Breen was self-taught until the age of ten, when she began lessons with Dr. Sharon Mann at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is indebted to the Imogen Cooper Music Trust, of which she is a 2024-25 scholar. Laureate of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Breen also received first prize at the Bösendorfer International Competition, second prize at Honens, and fourth prize at the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna. She is featured in the 2021 podcast 30 Bach in a discussion and performance of the Goldberg Variations.