“penetrating musical intelligence… tempestuous…imbued with a luminous calm”The New York Times

J.S. Bach: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

Utzon Room

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 7.30pm

Tickets: 02 9250 7777 | SYDNEYOPERAHOUSE.COM

AUSTR ALIAN BACH SOCIET Y presen ts

SARAH GRUNSTEIN

pianist

Praised by The New York Times for her “penetrating musical intelligence”, her performance “tempestuous” and “imbued with a luminous calm”, internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Sarah Grunstein has performed in the United States, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and her homeland. Reviews have likened her performances to those of Dame Myra Hess, Harold Samuel, and Wanda Landowska.

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SARAH GRUNSTEIN

PHOTOS © PETER SCHAAFSTEINWAY ARTIST

“Miss Grunstein is a versatile, expressive pianist who combines a penetrating musical intelligence with the technical proficiency to realize her ideas. Bach’s C minor Partita, BWV 826, was admirable; the opening Sinfonia tempestuous, the more intimate Courante and Sarabande imbued with a luminous calm.”

– Tim Page, The New York Times

“At Sarah Grunstein’s Bach concerts at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) in February, the opening notes of the Prelude from the Partita in B-flat evoked memories of Dame Myra Hess and Englishman Harold Samuel, i.e., she cared deeply about the music, knew stylistically what to do with it, and (best of all) produced a demure, pearly, singing tone. This Australian native … is an artist worth hearing.”

– Harris Goldsmith, American Record Review

“As the hold Glenn Gould maintained over this music has thankfully worn away over the past decade, a plethora of fine musicians has come to the fore; Grunstein is the shining light.”

– Eve Rifkah, Classical Voice of New England

Utzon Room

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 7.30pm

Tickets: 02 9250 7777 | SYDNEYOPERAHOUSE.COM