The award-winning American pianist Lindsay Garritson is rapidly becoming an international rising star, with her great charisma, masterful technique, huge repertoire, and penetrating intelligence. Her passionate advocacy of contemporary music has led her to recently record the complete works of the Australian composer Carl Vine. She will include his Five Intermezzi on this program, which she premiered earlier this year.
Program Information
Repertoire
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Major, D. 664
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Phantasien, op. 116
I. Presto energico
II. Andante
III. Allegro passionato
IV. Adagio
V. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
VI. Andantino teneramente
VII. Allegro agitato
—INTERMISSION—
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La cathédrale engloutie from Préludes, Book I
CARL VINE: Five Pieces
I. Resolve
II. Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
III. Gossamer
IV. Suspension
V. Joy
FRITZ KREISLER/SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Liebesleid
ALFRED GRÜNFELD: Soirée de Vienne—Concert Paraphrase on Themes from Die Fledermaus
Welcome
The Boston Conservatory Piano Masters Series is a popular and unique piano series, presenting a diverse and international array of world-class pianists in rare Boston recital appearances and master classes. It allows Boston music lovers to hear these great artists perform solo recitals in an intimate venue, for a nominal cost, and to enjoy their fascinating master classes with talented Conservatory students the following day, free of charge. We welcome you to join us for these wonderful concerts!
—Michael Lewin, Artistic Director
About the Artist
Lindsay Garritson, piano, has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of 4. She has appeared on stages at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Place des Arts (Montreal), and has been featured as a soloist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Keweenaw Symphony (Michigan), Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal), Atlantic Classical Orchestra (Florida), Orquestra Sinfônica Barra Mansa (Brazil), the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra, and the European Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.An award-winning performer, Garritson has received top prizes at the Montreal International Piano Competition, USASU Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, and the Mozarteum International Chopin Competition (Salzburg). She was selected as a participant in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and was a finalist for the German Piano Award in Frankfurt, Germany. An avid chamber musician, Garritson has performed with Ani Kavafian, Elmar Oliveira, Carter Brey, Ettore Causa, and Ian Rosenbaum, among many others. She is currently a member of the Bergonzi Piano Trio with violinist Scott Flavin and cellist Ross Harbaugh; and their first album of Beethoven and Brahms trios was released in 2021. Since 2018, she has been a collaborative pianist for the prestigious Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival.
Garritson is a passionate advocate for new music, and her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut in November 2019 featured the world premiere of Carl Vine's Piano Sonata No. 4, a work written for her. Additionally, her second solo album, Aphorisms: Piano Music of Carl Vine, was released in 2020. In October 2022, she concertized in recital across Australia and New Zealand, performing Vine's music. She has also recorded the complete works for flute and piano by Samuel Zyman (Albany Records, 2020), and premiered works by composers David Ludwig, Nick Omiccioli, and Polina Nazaykinskaya.
Garritson holds degrees from Principia College (B.A. in Music), Yale School of Music (M.M. and Artist Diploma), and the University of Miami (D.M.A.). Her piano teachers include Santiago Rodriguez, Boris Berman, Luiz de Moura Castro, Choong-Mo Kang, Zena Ilyashov, Emilio Del Rosario, the late Jane Allen, and Jennifer Lim Judd.
About the Series
Piano Masters Series is artistically directed by Michael Lewin and part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s
Artistry in Action series. The Artistry in Action series celebrates exceptional artists and initiatives that exemplify Boston Conservatory’s core values of excellence, innovation, and community engagement. Hosted by the Conservatory’s Music Division, Artistry in Action brings together the school’s prestigious and long-standing Piano Masters Series, String Masters Series, and Chamber Series with exciting new programming for winds, faculty recitals, and ensemble-in-residences. Learn more and view upcoming Artistry in Action events.
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