Already being hailed as "one of the hottest young pianists in the world," Anthony Molinaro's stunning performances and unique versatility have captivated audiences and critics alike since his victory at the 1997 Naumburg International Piano Competition. 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 Charles Vanda Master Series in Las Vegas, and at The Grand Teton Music Festival and Eastern Music Festival among others. Recent concerto engagements include the Arkansas, Lake Forest, Louisville, Napa Valley, Naples, Richmond, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed with the Canton, Cape Cod, Eugene, Flint, Savannah, and Utica Symphonies as well as with the Chicago Sinfonietta and Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Outside the U.S. Anthony has recently played in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Canada.
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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