Sally Pinkas
Special PlacesHop Pianist-in-Residence performs three 20th-century giants that transport you to vivid worlds of myth, folklore and fairy tale.
Debussy's L'isle joyeuse of 1904 was inspired by a Watteau painting and conjured a journey to Cythera, the island considered Aphrodite's birthplace. Bartók, in his 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs of 1918, recaptures authentic folk melodies gathered in remote villages of his native Hungary. And Prokofiev's 4th Piano Sonata of 1917, "From the Old Notebooks", evokes the Russian tradition of musical fairy tales, with its dark and spooky scenery. With her steadfast attentiveness, Pinkas will guide us through these tonally varied worlds, from the ecstatic weightlessness of Debussy to the earthiness of Bartók and Prokofiev's shadowy lyricism.
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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