This Saturday marks the opening of the 2016/2017 Virtuosi chamber music series at the University of Winnipeg and pianist Peter Vinograde will do the honours. But first, he dropped by the Diamond Lane with Sarah Jo Kirsch. Missed it? Watch the video here!
This will not be Peter's first visit to Winnipeg. In 2008 he performed the Goldberg Variations as well as two Bach concerti on the Virtuosi Concerts stage. 
The late Gwenda Nemerofsky wrote, “the best live performance this reviewer has heard to date; Vinograde brought us on a voyage through Bach’s imaginative brilliance as surely as if he had taken us by the hand” (Winnipeg Free Press).
An outstanding interpreter of J.S. Bach and contemporary composers, Peter Vinograde regularly tours the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Recent seasons featured the world premiere in New York City of Michael Matthews' De Reflejo a Fulgor for piano and digital sound, an all-Bach recital at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery, and other engagements in Santa Fe, San Francisco, Singapore and Xiamen. Most recently, he performed in Rome, and recorded Arnold Rosner’s Piano Concerto #2 with the London Philharmonic (in London). He will visit Winnipeg and Buenos Aires in 2016.
As a chamber musician, Peter has appeared at the Bard, Bargemusic, Caramoor, and Wolftrap Festivals. As a collaborative artist, he toured throughout Asia with violinist Midori, including her Singapore debut, also performing with her at the Cape Cod and Mostly Mozart Festivals.
His numerous distinctions began with first prize in the 1971 J.S. Bach International Competition, followed by a New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall and an N.E.A.-sponsored Lincoln Center recital at Alice Tully Hall.
In conjunction with his Bach for Pianists class at the Manhattan School of Music, Dr. Vinograde annually presents Bach recital/lectures at conservatories and universities. This season features French Suite #4 and Partita #4 at Juilliard, as well as at conservatories in California and Taiwan. He also teaches at Lehman College (CUNY).
Saturday night's programme will include:
Bach's Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
Rachmaninoff's Prelude Op. 23, No. 1 in F sharp minor, Prelude Op. 23, No. 3 in D minor and Prelude Op. 32, No. 8 in A minor;
Beethoven's Sonata No. 17 in D minor, and Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest”
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Peter Vinograde performs Saturday night (Oct 24) @ 8PM in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall at The University of Winnipeg. To get your tickets call 204.786.9000
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