Jaynne Baley

Jaynne Baley (formerly Manon Fischer-Dieskau) is a dedicated teacher alongside her performing career, having taught the piano, flute, singing and theory for 16 years. Her piano students, all of whom began their studies with her, have gone on to win numerous first prizes in the Richmond and North London Music Festivals and have received top scholarships to both Eton College and the Purcell School of Music. She is extremely experienced at preparing her students for their ABRSM grade exams and Diplomas, with almost all earning high Distinctions.

Jaynne’s ethos is to nurture each student’s unique potential, finding ways to make music learning fun and practice manageable, while always teaching to the highest musical standards.

Born in Stuttgart, pianist Jaynne Baley is the granddaughter of the great German Baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. A prize winner in the Hindemith International Piano Competition, the Wigmore Hall Song Competition and the Helmut Deutsch International Song Competition, Jaynne has performed throughout the world to critical acclaim.

The Times wrote - “the passion flowed from her fingers like a gushing stream, I found the combination of coolness of mien with powerfully articulate delivery quite intriguing.”

As a soloist Jaynne has performed concerti with orchestras including the Iasi Philharmonic, the Orchester Musikfreunde Bremen, the Deutsche Rundfunk Orchester, the Rana’ana Symphonette, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra and the London Soloists Ensemble, in venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields and the Bremer Glocke. Recent performances have included a tour of China that took her to twelve cities, playing the Beethoven Emperor Concerto. As a song accompanist, Jaynne has performed recitals in venues including the Wigmore Hall, the Holywell Music Room, the Haus der Kunst in Baden bei Wien and the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg.

Future recitals include a programme of Bach Partitas at the Viva Bach Festival in Portugal and a programme of solo and lieder works by Beethoven for the Oxford Philomusica Festival.

Jaynne (Bmus PgCert Mmus) has studied at the Purcell School of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.