Join Portland Conservatory in this celebratory event! This is the third and final performance in the 2nd annual PianoPalooza festival!

Today’s concert will be accompanied by an English Tea Reception.

PROGRAM INFO
Couperin – Passacaille
Schumann – Papillons, Op. 2
Beethoven – Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathetique”
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Liszt – La Campanella

Pianist Diane Walsh has toured the globe, giving performances in 46 of the 50 states, and in 23 other countries. She has been presented in many of the most distinguished venues in the United States. Ms. Walsh has twice been guest soloist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and has soloed with orchestras throughout the US, as well as in Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Brazil and Czechia. She has been awarded many honors including the top prizes at the International Piano Competition Munich, International Mozart Competition Salzburg, Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

An active recording artist, she has released 18 discs of diverse repertoire. Her latest album, recorded with long-time Boston Symphony players Lucia Lin (violin) and Jonathan Miller (cello), includes works by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Boulanger and will be released later this year. Her training was at the Juilliard School, where she studied with Irwin Freundlich, and the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Richard Goode. She was an associate professor at Mannes for 32 years, and has also taught at Vassar College and Colby College.

RUN TIME: approximately 70 minutes