Sally Pinkas
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Hop Pianist-in-Residence

Sally Pinkas

Preludes and Bagatelles
May 20, 2025

The pianist's annual solo recital opens up 'small wonders' by Chopin, Bartók and Kaprálová.

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In his 1908 set of Bagatelles, Bartók flirts with diverse musical idioms such as folk music, Debussy-style Impressionism and atonality á-la-Schönberg. Kaprálova's Preludes of 1937, among her most-often performed works, evoke freshness and verve, humor and tenderness (they were dedicated and first performed by her Moravia countryman, Rudolf Firkusny). Lastly, Chopin's iconic set of 24 Preludes, written between 1835 and 1839, includes some of his most heartfelt and beloved music.

Following her London debut at Wigmore Hall, pianist Sally Pinkas has garnered universal praise as soloist and chamber musician. Among highlights are performances with the Boston Pops, the Aspen Philharmonia, New York's Jupiter Symphony and Indonesia's Bandung Symphony. Summer festival credits include Marlboro, Aspen, Rockport, Apple Hill, Pontlevoy (France), Havana (Cuba) and HCMC Conservatory (Vietnam). Pinkas tours widely as member of the Hirsch-Pinkas Duo and Ensemble Schumann, and collaborates frequently with the Adaskin String Trio, Cuarteto Latinoamericano and the Apple Hill String Quartet. 

Praised for her radiant tone and driving energy, Pinkas' extensive discography includes music by Mozart, Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, Gaubert, Martinů, Shapiro, Pinkham and Wolff for the MSR, Centaur, Naxos, Toccata Classics and Mode labels. Her most recent CD release of Sonatas by Shostakovich and Bridge was hailed as "A mandatory purchase for all pianophiles: two major works, in performances of utter power… ideal melding of strength and emotional pliancy…" by Fanfare Magazine. She holds performance degrees from Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music, and a PhD in Composition from Brandeis University. Pianist-in-residence at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, she is Professor of Music at Dartmouth's Music Department.

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