Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott balances a versatile career of solo recitals, concerto appearances, and chamber music. Last season she played recitals throughout the US and appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Oregon Mozart Players, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of York, North Carolina, Charlotte, Huntsville, Alabama, and San Diego. She performed the world premiere of Charles Wourinen's Fourth Piano Sonata at Town Hall in May. Recently named artistic director of the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival and the Avila Chamber Music Festival in Curacao, she was the curator and featured performer in CMS' 2005 three-concert Shostakovich Centennial Celebration and has presented Bach's Goldberg Variations on the Great Performers at Lincoln Center Series. In 2003 at the Lincoln Center Festival, she performed the complete Prokofiev piano sonatas and chamber music; she subsequently recorded the series for the Arabesque label. Other recordings include the three Brahms violin sonatas with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony. The latter recording was named Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine. Ms. McDermott, who debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1997, has won the Young Concert Artists Auditions and an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She has been an Artist of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1995.
Anne-Marie McDermott
Upcoming Appearances at Chamber Music Society:
Manifest Legacy: Beethoven/Brahms IV: 2/27/2011
Early Inspirations: 3/25/2011
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photo credit: Matteo Trisolini