Since his victory at the 1997 Naumburg International Piano Competition in New York City, Anthony Molinaro's stunning performances and unique versatility have captivated audiences and critics alike. Acclaimed for his "edge-of-the-seat brilliance" and "musically imaginative mind," Mr. Molinaro's performances have taken him to major music centers throughout the country including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, and New York's Alice Tully Hall. He has been featured on Ravinia's Rising Stars Series, The Young Artist Series at the Kravis Center, The Santa Fe Jazz Festival, The Charles Vanda Master Series in Las Vegas, The Grand Teton Music Festival and Eastern Music Festival among many others. He has appeared as guest soloist with over fifty symphony orchestras including the Arkansas, Boise, Lake Forest, Louisville, Napa Valley, Naples, Richmond, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed with the Canton, Cape Cod, Eugene, Flint, Savannah and Catskill Symphonies as well as with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Jazz Orchestra and Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Outside the U.S. Anthony has recently toured throughout France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Canada.
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Canto Per Mio Padre (Song For My Father), features solo piano works of Debussy, Schubert / Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Molinaro.
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With Howard Levy, Grammy Award winner and founding member of the trail-blazing jazz group Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Recorded in both a club - Chicago's famed Green Mill - and in a pair of upstate N.Y. concert halls, The Molinaro-Levy Project, LIVE features fresh arrangements on jazz standards and three unique and innovative originals.
"The most radical single technical innovator (Levy) in the history of his instrument. - Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers
"An original, often iconoclastic thinker (Molinaro) equipped with a leonine technique." - The Chicago Tribune
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Anthony's wildly popular Gershwin collection featuring his own solo version of Rhapsody in Blue. Also includes Anthony's arrangements and improvisations on several classic songs and the Three Preludes.
"About the most lively interpretation (Rhapsody in Blue) one could imagine. He put the jazz and blues back into a piece inspired by the same."
- Chicago Sun-Times
"A daring rewrite. 'New Blue" alone is evidence of his improvisational gifts."
- The Indianapolis Star
"The best Gershwin Piano CD I have ever heard!."
- Steve Ramm's In The Groove
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The Goldberg Variations and A Major and F Minor Concertos. Anthony with the Academy of St. Martin in The Fields Chamber Orchestra, Andre Litton conducting. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.
"A freshness that I have found in no other performance (Goldberg)… you have to physically respond to its infectious energy. Molinaro's performance of the two Bach Concertos are as breathtaking as Gould's."
- Listener Magazine
"A lovely singing line in the right hand, a strong left hand that can sing just as beautifully, an even control of rapid configuration, ease and clarity in the distinction of contrapuntal voices, immediate concentration."
- The New York Times
An Evening with Anthony Molinaro
with special guests
Scott Burns, tenor saxophone
Victor Garcia, trumpet
From The Mundelein Auditorium on the campus of Loyola University Chicago.
Friday, September 24th, 2010. 7:30 PM
This download contains the complete unedited concert:
Dear Prudence
Here, There and Everywhere
Something
Blackbird
Rhapsody in Blue
The Long and Winding Road
*** All proceeds from the sale of this download will be donated to The Loyola University Chicago Music Program. Thanks for listening!