Johanna Summer, german jazz pianist and composer living in Berlin, started her piano career at age seven and was trained classically. Until 2018 she studied jazz piano in Dresden. Johanna was a member in the federal big band of Germany („Bujazzo“). In 2017 she released her trio debut album „Juvenile“ and was honored with a special prize of „Biberacher Jazzpreis“ for the compositions on this record. One year later she won the competition „Young Munich Jazz Prize“ as the first soloist ever. In 2019 she was awarded the 2nd prize of „EastPlugged Junior Awards“ and the prize for the best soloist at „Young German Jazz Award“. Her solo debut record "Schumann Kaleidoskop" is going to be released in April 2020 with "ACT Music". Besides touring to many european countries, Russia and the US, she was able to work with musicians like Jiggs Whigham, Randy Brecker, Sebastian Studnitzky, Rainer Tempel, Milan Svoboda and Richard DeRosa. Her musical acitivities get featured in radio stations such as „Deutschlandfunk Kultur“ and „Rozhlas Jazz“ (Czech Republic). Johanna's work focuses on the encounter of classical music's fidelity and the spontaneity of jazz.