“Zolinsky just kept the energy alive... he brought this enigmatic music to life.”
- Newsday, New York
“Zolinsky's virtuosity was at times incredible.”
- Paul Driver, The Sunday Times
“Zolinsky also gave us a volcanic "Ginastera" sonata. ...Recitals are rarely so riveting.”
- Michael Church, The Independent
Pianist Andrew Zolinsky is one of the most distinctive musical voices of his generation. With a repertoire ranging from Haydn to the present day, his unique style of programming and his individual interpretations have secured performances at many prestigious venues and festivals.
Andrew has performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lorraine, and has worked under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Stefan Asbury, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Martyn Brabbins, Nicholas Cleobury, Thierry Fischer, Charles Hazlewood, Owain Arwel Hughes, Grant Llewellyn, Diego Masson, David Robertson and Pascal Rophe. In addition to concerts in the UK, he has also given concerts in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, New York and Spain.
Andrew has given World and regional premieres of many of David Lang’s works, including, the world premiere in New York of the complete set of Memory pieces, and the Piano Concerto, Fur, commissioned by the BBC, at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewellyn. In the contemporary field, he is closely associated with the music of Unsuk Chin, James Clarke, Laurence Crane, Donnacha Dennehey, Ivan Fedele, Michael Finnissy, Simon Holt, David Lang, Valentin Silvestrov and Michael Zev Gordon.
More recently, Andrew has performed at the Royal Festival Hall in London (Gerard Grisey’s Vortex temporum with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Pascal Rophe), USA, the Venice Biennale and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. In November 2013, Andrew will make his debut in the international piano series at London's Southbank centre; this recital will also be part of the Southbank centre’s fascinating series, ‘the rest is noise’Also in November, he will make his recital debut at the prestigious Palau de la musica in Valencia.
Andrew is a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music and at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Program:
1. Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage, The Fountains of the Villa d'Este
2. Claude Debussy - Printmaking
(Pagoda / Evening in Granada / Gardens in the Rain)
3. Toru Takemitsu - Les Yeux Cos, The Second Piece
4. Claude Debussy - Images
(Cloches à Travers Les Feuilles / Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut / Poissons d'Or)
- Intermission -
5. Alexander Scriabin - 2 Preludes Op.27
(No.1 In G Minor, Op.27 / No. 2 In B Major)
6. Alexander Scriabin - Étude In D-sharp Minor Op. 8 No. 12
7. Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude
(In B Flat Major Op. 23 No. 2 / In D Minor, Op. 23 No. 3 / In G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 / In G Minor, Op. 23 No. 12 / In C Minor, Op. 23)
8. Alberto Ginastera - Piano Sonata No. 1 Op 22