Host Simeon Rusnak welcomed the outstanding pianist to the Classic 107 Studio ahead of her engagement with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday evening! Missed it? Find it here! 

 American pianist Simone Dinnerstein is a searching and inventive artist who is motivated by a desire to find the musical core of every work she approaches. The New York-based pianist gained an international following with the remarkable success of her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which she independently raised the funds to record. Released in 2007 on Telarc, it ranked No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales and was named to many "Best of 2007" lists including those of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker.

Dinnerstein’s performance schedule has taken her around the world since her acclaimed New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2005, to venues including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Sydney Opera House, Seoul Arts Center, and London's Wigmore Hall; festivals that include the Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival, the Aspen, Verbier, and Ravinia festivals; and performances with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra a Sinfonica Brasileira, and the Tokyo Symphony.

Simone Dinnerstein joins the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in a Canadian-premiere performance of Philip Glass' Piano Concerto no 3. The work, written for Dinnerstein by Glass, was inspired by their shared "strong interest in the music of Bach and how it impacts us today." (Dinnerstein) As the MCO celebrates their 45th season, what better way to honour this event than with a new work by one of the best known composers - who, coincidently, celebrated his 80th birthday in 2017!

As one would hope when a renowned interpreter of his music takes the stage, writing of Johann Sebastian Bach is also on the program. Simone Dinnerstein and the MCO together perform the Concerto in G minor, for piano and strings (BWV 1058). 20th Century composers round out the show: Canadian Marjan Mozetich and Englishman William Walton bookend the program. 

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