diane
walsh

Diane Walsh is back at Portland Conservatory of Music performing a solo recital, followed by a piano masterclass (no purchase necessary to attend the masterclass).

Program:
Kinderszenen – Robert Schumann
Children’s Corner Suite – Claude Debussy
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 – Ludwig van Beethoven

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, among them Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Miller Theatre (New York), The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC) and Orchestra Hall (Chicago), while international sites include Wigmore Hall (London), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg), Dvorák Hall (Prague), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), Shalin Liu Performance Center (Suzhou, China), and Adam Concert Hall (Wellington, New Zealand.)

Ms. Walsh has twice been guest soloist with the Portland Symphony, 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.

She was the onstage pianist in the Broadway production of Moisés Kaufman’s play 33 Variations, starring Jane Fonda, during which she gave 113 performances of Beethoven’s Variations on a Waltz of Diabelli. 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: 75 min.