The Dancing Piano with Jenny Lin

Jenny Lin, described by the New York Times as possessing a "remarkable technical command and a gift for melodic flow," will perform a program of Latin dance music, beginning with the folk-inspired Musica Callada of Federico Mompou (Spain), and including works by Astor Piazzolla (Argentina), Gabriela Ortiz (Mexico), Ricardo Lorenz (Venezuala), Artur Kampela (Brazil), Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez (Mexico) and Miguel del Aguila (Uruguay).

"Remarkable technical command" - The New York Times

Martha Argerich wrote " -- a brilliant pianist." 

The Washington Post named her 2009 album of music by Shostakovich the 4th best album of the year.

Performance playlist:

Frederico Mompou (1893-1987)
Música Callada (1959-67)
Nos. 1, 3, 6, 11, 15, 18, 24, 27, 28

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Leijia’s Game Tango Prelude (1987)

Gabriela Ortiz (1964)
Su-Muy Key (2004)

Ricardo Lorenz (1961)
Bachangó (1984)

Arthur Kampela (1960)
Nosturnos (1991-2003)

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez (1964)
Mano a Mano (1998)
III: Aeiles y más Ariles

Miguel del Aguila (1957)
Conga (1993)

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1986)
Danzas Argentina (1937)

Jenny Lin is one of the most respected young pianists today, admired for her adventurous programming and charismatic stage presence. Her performances have taken her to venues such as Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Miller Theatre, MoMA, as well as at Mostly Mozart, Chopin, Flanders, Ars Musica, BAM’s Next Wave, and Spoleto Festivals, with orchestras such as American Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale della RAI, and SWR Rundfunkorchester. Jenny records for Hänssler Classic, Koch/E1, and BIS Records and is the subject of the documentary, Zahara, by Elemental Films. Her extensive discography includes the critically acclaimed Preludes to a Revolution, The 11th Finger, InsomniMania, music of Valentin Silvestrov and Ruth Crawford Seeger, Liszt Sonata and Schumann Fantasie, works for piano and orchestra by Ernest Bloch, and the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Dmitri Shostakovich. Jenny studied with Noel Flores at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, with Julian Martin at the Peabody Conservatory, and with Dominique Weber in Geneva. She has also worked with Richard Goode and Blanca Uribe in New York and with Dimitri Bashkirov and Andreas Staier at the Fondazione Internazionale per il pianoforte in Cadenabbia, Italy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in German Literature from The Johns Hopkins University and currently resides in New York City. For more information on Jenny, visit www.jennylin.net.