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PHILIP GLASS: Complete Etudes for Piano—Jenny Lin —Steinway & Sons 

Philip GLASS: Complete Etudes for Piano – Jenny Lin – Steinway & Sons 

Philip Glass: Complete Etudes for Piano – Jenny Lin – Steinway & Sons CD 30070 – 11/20/17 TT: Disc 1 – 60:32, Disc 2 – 62:20 ****: An 80th birthday tribute to Philip Glass What a delightful 2 disc CD set this is, and a propitious time to celebrate Philip Glass’s 80th Anniversary year. Philip Glass composed the complete Etudes between 1994 and 2012, many of them for his own personal purposes as a solo recitalist. Glass was busy with composing, and felt he did not have the time to learn Etudes 11-20, which are more difficult to play, so Glass tagged nine other pianists from a variety of backgrounds to join him for the first live performances of all 20 Etudes. Jenny Lin, who is the performer on these discs was among the group selected, alongside Nico Muhly, Timo Andres, jazz virtuoso Aaron Diehl, frequent Glass interpreters Maki Namekawa and Sally Whitwell, and others. The New York premiere took place in December 2014 at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Lin continues to join Glass on the ongoing world tour of the Etudes. Jenny Lin has had a strong impact on the musical scene, noted for her support of modern music. […]

PROKOFIEV and ZABOROV: Piano Works – Jenny Lin (p.) Steinway & Sons

PROKOFIEV and ZABOROV: Piano Works – Jenny Lin (p.) Steinway & Sons

PROKOFIEV: Pieces from Cinderella – Pieces for Piano – ZABOROV: Nine Variations on the theme by Dmitri Shostakovich – Variations for piano “Quattrocento” – Ten Apparitions – Suite for Piano “Entrelacs” – Jenny Lin, piano, Steinway & Sons 30055, 62:56, ***** Classic and modern Russian piano scores, played with intelligence and verve This is the sixth CD of a superb series of recordings on the Steinway & Sons label by the Taiwan born and Austrian raised pianist Jenny Lin. She began her piano studies at age four in Vienna and at age 10 entered the Hochschule für Musik. She came to the United States at age 14 and graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1998. Lin has studied with Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode and lives in New York City where she teaches at the 92nd Street Y.  Her recording of Stravinsky solo piano works and the album Get Happy (show tunes for piano) demonstrate her proficiency in diverse repertoire. She plays with virtuosity and musical intelligence, and has a unique ability to express the music’s emotional essence. Steinway and Sons has provided her with the most authentic piano sound that I’ve heard in a long time. This […]