Nov. 14: Pianists Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt in DIALOGUE Concertos for Two Pianos with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Aisslinn Nosky
L-R Photo of Simone Dinnerstein by Lisa Marie Mazzucco; Photo of Awadagin Pratt by Rob Davidson
Pianists Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt
in DIALOGUE Concertos for Two Pianos
with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Aisslinn Nosky
Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7.30pm
Crescent Arts Centre | 525 Wardlaw Ave. | Winnipeg, MB
Tickets and Information
www.simonedinnerstein.com | www.awadagin.com
Winnipeg, MB – On Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7.30pm, GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who is described by The New York Times as “colorful and idiosyncratic” and GRAMMY®-winning pianist Awadagin Pratt, whose performances are described by the Washington Post as “forceful, imaginative, and precisely tinted,” will perform in concertos for two pianos with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra led by Aisslinn Nosky at Crescent Arts Centre (525 Wardlaw Ave.). Nosky was an Artist-in-Residence with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra from 2019 to 2022. Dinnerstein and Pratt will be the featured soloists in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for two pianos, No. 3, BWV 1062 in C Minor and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Two Piano Concerto No. 10, K. 365. The program will also include John Adams’s Shaker Loops.
Longtime friends and collaborators Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt have performed together many times over their respective careers, cultivating a deep respect and admiration for one another’s artistry. Each an accomplished musician and uniquely expressive pianist in their own right, Dinnerstein and Pratt have an intangible but compelling dynamic when performing together. Their poised synchronicity and mutual understanding unveils a blend of their musical voices.
“I am so looking forward to collaborating with Anne Manson and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra again.” Dinnerstein says. “I have wonderful memories of our summer tour playing Philip Glass’s Piano Concerto No 3, which they co-commissioned for me. It will be a joy to combine the fun of two-pianos with Awadagin with this wonderful group of musicians!”
More about Simone Dinnerstein: In recent years, Dinnerstein has created projects that express her broad musical interests. She gave the world premiere of The Eye Is the First Circle at Montclair State University, the first multi-media production she conceived, created, and directed, which uses as source materials her father Simon Dinnerstein’s painting The Fulbright Triptych and Charles Ives’s Piano Sonata No. 2. She premiered Richard Danielpour’s An American Mosaic, a tribute to those affected by the pandemic, in a performance on multiple pianos throughout Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. Following her recording Mozart in Havana, she brought the Havana Lyceum Orchestra from Cuba to the U.S. for the first time, performing eleven concerts. Philip Glass composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 for her, co-commissioned by twelve orchestras. Working with Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet, she premiered André Previn and Tom Stoppard’s Penelope at the Tanglewood, Ravinia and Aspen music festivals, and performed it at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and presented by LA Opera. Dinnerstein has also created her own ensemble, Baroklyn, which she directs. The Washington Post comments, “it is Dinnerstein’s unreserved identification with every note she plays that makes her performance so spellbinding.” In a world where music is everywhere, she hopes that it can still be transformative.
For more information, please visit www.simonedinnerstein.com.
About Awadigan Pratt: Among his generation of concert artists, pianist Awadagin Pratt is acclaimed for his musical insight and intensely involving performances in recital and with symphony orchestras.
Born in Pittsburgh, Awadagin Pratt began studying piano at the age of six. Three years later, having moved to Normal, Illinois with his family, he also began studying violin. At the age of 16 he entered the University of Illinois where he studied piano, violin, and conducting. He subsequently enrolled at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he became the first student in the school’s history to receive diplomas in three performance areas – piano, violin and conducting. In recognition of this achievement and for his work in the field of classical music, Mr. Pratt received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins as well as an honorary doctorate from Illinois Wesleyan University after delivering the commencement address in 2012.
For more information, please visit: www.awadagin.com
For Calendar Editors:
Description: GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein, described by The New York Times as “an utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation,” and GRAMMY®-winning pianist Awadagin Pratt, whose performances have been described by the Washington Post as “forceful, imaginative, and precisely tinted,” perform with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra led by Aisslinn Nosky. Dinnerstein and Pratt will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for two pianos, No. 3, BWV 1062 in C Minor and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Two Piano Concerto No. 10, K. 365. The program will also include John Adams’s Shaker Loops.
Concert details:
Who: Pianists Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt
Performing with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Aisslinn Nosky
What: Music by J.S. Bach, John Adams, and W.A. Mozart
When: Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7.30pm
Where: Crescent Arts Centre, 525 Wardlaw Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3L 0L9, Canada
Tickets and information: www.themco.ca/concerts/3-dialogue