​ L4L Founder, CEO and Artistic Director, Donna Stoering: Musician, Speaker and Visionary

Donna Stoering is an award-winning recording artist, concert pianist, and vocalist, touring worldwide as a soloist in major concert halls, music festivals, orchestral appearances, duo-recitals, chamber music concerts, and as special guest performer on the radio and television networks of numerous countries…..

But she is also an international keynote speaker, visionary, educator, Marshall Scholar, author, journalist, television host/presenter and producer, award-winning social entrepreneur, an Artistic Ambassador for both the UK and USA, a sought-after performance coach at music conservatories worldwide, and the youngest-ever judge of music competitions in Russia, Italy, Canada, UK and USA,

Keynote Speaker

Concert Pianist

Vocal Soloist

Anthem Award Winner of "Product Leader of the Year" for her design & creation of the multi-award winning cross-cultural education series, Travels with Music, shown on the BBC and other platforms.

• Donna has designed new concert series and music festivals on three continents, and she founded Listen for Life in 1998 at the request of musicians she met in numerous countries, struggling to save their traditions or to make a difference through their gifts.
  

• Donna has been frequently asked to speak to U.N. agencies on the use of music to address conflict resolution, cultural diversity training, health/wellness issues, and international education initiatives.
  

• She has designed award-winning social venture hybrid structures, created innovative cross-cultural education products and established unique outreach projects in schools worldwide that help students of all ages realize the impact that music has on their wellbeing, academic success, relationships, moods and behavior.
  

• Her first publication, on “Spirituality in Contemporary Piano Music” began as a transcript of a highly popular lecture recital she had given on NPR stations after interviewing 30 major composers.
  

• She has been a panelist and/or keynote speaker at major education and entrepreneur conferences in Brazil, Europe, UK, and across the USA and she is a very frequent guest on radio and television talk shows.
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• Donna has now been the subject of one-hour specials on BBC Radio, Hong Kong Radio & TV, Brazil national TV, and local affiliates of both NPR and PBS.
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• She has received numerous awards from international organizations in recognition of the impact that Listen for Life has had, worldwide, over the past 26 years, and for her constant courage and unrelenting dedication to its mission
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• ​Meanwhile, she has continued to tour worldwide as a concert/recording artist, sought-after collaborative pianist, successful composer/improviser, conductor and chamber musician, performing both the Western classical repertoire and in multi-genre, multicultural works created together with the music masters of all cultures and traditions. She loves serving as a guest artist and performance coach at universities and music schools, and she loves connecting/mentoring new generations of music graduates as interns and/or future leaders of Listen For Life projects!

Listen For Life- A Sound Investment

​None of our projects can take place or impact/unite the diverse global community through music, without the participation and support of individual and corporate donors, sponsors, marketing/advertising partners, grants, development partners, and affiliates. On the final page of this LFL site, we list several current projects and programs that we have the opportunity to fulfill when – and only when – we gather the necessary resources. We invite all music listeners to join us in “changing the channel” - to empower the music and musicians of the future to be an even greater source of unity, peace, nourishment, inspiration and cross-cultural communication.