Simone Dinnerstein

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Simone Dinnerstein is an American classical pianist, born in New York City, USA. Her father, Simon Dinnerstein, is a painter. She studied in the precollege program at the Manhattan School of Music with Solomon Mikowsky.[1] She later attended The Juilliard School of Music and was a student of Peter Serkin.[2] She also studied in London with Maria Curcio.[1]

In addition to her solo recital work[3], she has been a featured guest artist at the Bard Music Festival.[4] [5] [6] In addition, she has appeared as a chamber musician in performances of contemporary music, including works of Yehudi Wyner[7] and Ned Rorem[8].

Dinnerstein has become celebrated for her interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations in concert.[9] In addition, Dinnerstein made a recording of the Goldberg Variations in March 2005, with financial assistance from friends. At the time of the recording, she was pregnant with her son, Adrian. While this recording helped to spread her reputation and increased her concert engagements, it was not until August 2007 that this recording received commercial release, on the Telarc label (Telarc CD-80692).[10] In its first week of commercial release, the recording was at #1 on the Billboard classical music CD sales chart.[11] Her previous commercially released recording was with the cellist Zuill Bailey of the chamber music for cello and piano of Ludwig van Beethoven, for the Delos label (DE 3368).

Dinnerstein, her husband Jeremy Greensmith and their son live in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Anne Midgette. "How Do You Move a Career Into High Gear? By Breaking the Rules", New York Times, 28 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  2. ^ Robert Strauss. "Back-to-back Bach", Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  3. ^ Allan Kozinn. "Covering Copland to Beethoven, by Way of Bach and Schumann", New York Times, 22 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  4. ^ Anne Midgette. "American Music Thrives Not on Copland Alone", New York Times, 16 August 2005. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  5. ^ Jeremy Eichler. "Fanfare for Copland, Who Wasn't Always a Common Man", New York Times, 24 August 2005. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  6. ^ Anthony Tommasini. "Reputation Isn’t Fixed. Sometimes You Hear It Grow", New York Times, 14 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  7. ^ Allan Kozinn. "New Horn Trio Receives Premieres in Eight Places", New York Times, 9 December 1997. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  8. ^ Anthony Tommasini. "For Rorem, a Concert With Overtones of Mourning", New York Times, 20 February 1999. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  9. ^ Allan Kozinn. "Playing the Goldbergs With a Schubertian Touch", New York Times, 30 November 2005. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  10. ^ Evan Eisenberg. "The Goldberg Variations Made New", Slate, 27 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 
  11. ^ Matthew Westphal. "Simone Dinnerstein's Acclaimed New Goldbergs Land at No. 1 on Billboard Classical Chart", Playbill Arts, 7 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. 

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