Simone Dinnerstein (piano) October 24, 2008

Program:
Copland: Piano Variations; Webern: Variationen für Klavier, Op. 27; Bach: French Suite in G Major, BWV 816; Lasser: Twelve Variations on a Bach Chorale; Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111

"Going to concerts myself - those that were personally meaningful to me in an introspective way - has made me understand why concerts are important; when I perform, I think about how I'm playing to connect with the audience in that way" (Simone Dinnerstein)

Known for her charisma, a unique, off the beaten path road to success, and her No. 1 ranked CD on the Billboard Classical Chart (for the debut of her recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations), American pianist Simone Dinnerstein approaches her PCMS debut as an artist "poised for a breakthrough" (The New York Times). Dinnerstein, having played sold-out concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other venues, joins PCMS to play variations of Bach, Beethoven, Copland, Lasser, and Webern, approaching each work with what The New York Times has hailed an "utterly distinctive voice."

For more information and for a complete biography, please visit www.simonedinnerstein.com.

For more information on the composers, please visit:
Bach: http://www.jsbach.org/
Beethoven:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
Copland:http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/
Lasser:http://www.rasseleditions.com/pl.html
Webern:http://www.antonwebern.com/

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Get to know Simone Dinnerstein!

Watch: Watch up close as Simone Dinnerstein plays selections of Bach's Goldberg Variations, intermittently discussing the meditative, transformative nature of the music as it pertains to her life. "Everybody that I've talked to after a performance of the piece," Dinnerstein says during the clip, "they feel like they've traveled through time to a different world."
http://www.simonedinnerstein.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=27

Listen & Connect: Listen to an interview on Morning Edition of NPR with Steve Inskeep. The interview highlights selections of Dinnerstein's take on Bach's Goldberg Variations, while providing insight into her childhood and musical influences. "The way I play it is close to my own personality," says Dinnerstein. "It's more inward-looking and meditative, and rhythmically free. I will even change the tempo slightly within the same variation. I think of these pieces as shapes of notes, and I don't feel that they all need to have the same rhythmic feeling."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15886093