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meet the / / ariLdtd SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, Piano American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has fast been gaining interna tional attention as a commanding and charismatic artist, and as one of the most compelling women pianists performing today. Since being featured by The New York Timeo as an artist "poised for a breakthrough” in September 2006, Ms. Dinnerstein has performed to a sold-out audience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s prestigious Accolades series, debuted with the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein and signed an exclusive recording contract with Telarc International, which released her much-anticipated recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations worldwide in August 2007. The CD earned the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales, and was called "precisely the kind of play- ing that the early 2Ist centuiy most needs, infused as it is with a deep and pervasive sense of beauty and tenderness of heart which is often pro- foundly affecting,” by Piano Magazine. Recent highlights include her debut recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris and recitals at Philadelphia’s Bach Festival and the Copenhagen Music Festival, as well as the opening concert of the Moselfestwochen in Germany in June 2007. Düring the 2007-2008 season, Ms. Dinnerstein will give debut recitals at Londons Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonie and at the National Philharmonie Hall in Vilnius. In New York City she will give recitals on the People’s Symphony series at Town Hall and on Lincoln Centers Great Performers series. Ms. Dinnerstein will tour with the Dresden Philharmonie under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and with the Czech Philharmonie under Zden k Mäcal. In addition, she will per- form with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Jerusalem. With duo partner Zuill Bailey she will perform Beethoven’s five sonatas for piano and cello at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the National Galleiy of Art in Washington DC. After Ms. Dinnerstein’s triumphant New York recital debut at Carnegie Halls Weill Recital Hall in November 2005, The New York Timeo described her Interpretation of Bachs Goldberg Variation^ as "a thought- ftilly conceived, thoroughly modern performance that seemed to take into account the development of Western art music since Bach ... an individual, compelling performance that so completely evoked the image of a joumey, that Schubert s Winterreife kept coming in mind.” Harris Goldsmith wrote in a feature article in The American Record Guide that it was “a thrilling roller coaster ride with many wonderftil surprises in störe... her harmonic intensity left an indelible impression on this mesmerized listener.” As a winner of the Astral Artistic Services National Auditions, Ms. Dinnerstein appeared as both con- certo soloist and in recital at Philadelphias Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. She received the Classical Recording Foundation Award for 2006 and 2007 for her recordings with cellist Zuill Bailey of Beethovens complete works for piano and cello on the Delos label. The first volume was released in October 2006 and volume two is scheduled for release in the spring of 2008. Ms. Dinnerstein has enjoyed critical acclaim in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, Classic FMMagazine, Piano Magazine, 0 The Oprah Magazine, Slate.com, The American Record Guide, and Fanfare. She has made live appearances on National Public Radio s Performance Today and WNYC’s New Sounds and Soundcheck, and can regularly be heard on NPR affiliates and classical music radio stations throughout the United States. Since 1996 Ms. Dinnerstein has played concerts across the countiy for the Piatigorsky Foundation, an Organization dedicated to bringing classical music to non-traditional venues. Amongst the places she has played are nursing homes, schools and community centers. Most notably, Ms. Dinnerstein gave the first classical music performance in the Louisiana state prison System when she played at the Avoyelles Correctional Center. Ms. Dinnerstein is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she was a Student of Peter Serkin. Among her many scholarships and awards at Juilliard were the William Petschek Piano Scholarship, the Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship and the Chopin Award. She also studied with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music and in London with Maria Curcio, the distinguished pupil of Artur Schnabel. For two summers, she was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. Ms. Dinnerstein lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and five-year-old son. She is repre- sented worldwide by Tanja Dorn at IMG Artists.
