Known for her versatility as a performer, pianist Edith Orloff has earned acclaim in the United States and Europe. She has concertized with equal success as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra. Her solo German debut in 1998 was received as "elegant, a pleasure to hear", and her music-making has won praise at home and abroad for its interpretive vitality and perceptive musicianship.

In 1980, she became a member of the Los Angeles-based Pacific Trio. The ensemble, with violinist Roger Wilkie and celllist John Walz, makes annual tours of the U.S. and Europe and has most recently recorded the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Czech National Orchestra in Prague.  The trio serves as ensemble-in-residence of the Idyllwild Arts summer festival, where Ms. Orloff is concert co-ordinator of the summer chamber music program, and where she has served on the faculty since 1976.

Ms. Orloff has appeared as guest artist with many notable ensembles, including the Houston Symphony Chamber Players and the Ensemble Con Brio of Bruchsal, Germany. During 2006, she toured Europe with her long-time colleague, John Walz, in a series of concerts commemorating the centennial of cellist Pierre Fournier. In keeping with her interest in promoting new music, she has helped to launch several series devoted to the works of contemporary composers.  Ms. Orloff  also enjoys a long-standing musical collaboration with her husband, Houston Symphony principal clarinetist David Peck; their CD of modern works for clarinet and piano was released in 2004.

A master’s degree graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied piano with Earle Voorhies and chamber music with Cesare Pascarella, she has also worked with Jerome Lowenthal, Reginald Stewart, Hellmut Hidegheti, and Roberto Eyzaguirre.   Ms. Orloff teaches privately and in master classes.

Summer festival appearances have included performances in La Jolla, San Luis Obispo, Grand Tetons, and Musique-at-the-Moulin in Andé, France.

In addition to her musical activities, Ms. Orloff enjoys literature, travel, and study of languages (she speaks French, German, and Bulgarian). She resides in Houston and  San Diego.