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Updated 1/15/2021

Sally Pinkas

  • M

    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Following her London debut at Wigmore Hall, Israeli-born pianist Sally Pinkas has garnered universal acclaim for her performances as soloist and chamber musician. Among highlights are performances with the Boston Pops, the Aspen Philharmonia and New York's Jupiter Symphony, and at the festivals of Marlboro, Aspen, Rockport (USA), Pontlevoy (France), Havana (Cuba) and HCMC Conservatory (Vietnam). From a first-ever performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto in Bandung, Indonesia, to premieres of George Rochberg's monumental Circles of Fire for two pianos in Russia and Nigeria, and a revival of rarely-heard 19th-century Filipino Salon Music in its birth city Manila, Pinkas commands a wide repertoire and shares it enthusiastically with young pianists through masterclasses and workshops.

Praised for her radiant tone and driving energy, Pinkas' extensive discography includes music by Mozart, Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, Gaubert, Martinů, Shapiro, Pinkham and Wolff for the MSR, Centaur, Naxos, Toccata Classics and Mode labels. She tours and records regularly with the Hirsch-Pinkas Duo (a collaboration with her husband pianist Evan Hirsch), with Ensemble Schumann and with the Adaskin String Trio. Other recent collaborators include the Apple Hill String Quartet, Cuarteto Latinoamericano and the UK’s Villiers Quartet. This season she will be making her solo debut in Spain, returning to Brazil with the Hirsch-Pinkas Duo and to China on an extensive tour with Ensemble Schumann.

Pinkas holds performance degrees from Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Ph.D. in Composition from Brandeis University. Her principal teachers were Russell Sherman, George Sebok, Luise Vosgerchian and Genia Bar-Niv (piano), Sergiu Natra (composition), and Robert Koff (chamber music). Pianist-in-residence at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, she is Professor of Music at Dartmouth's Music Department

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Sally Pinkas
Job Title: Pianist-in-Residence, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
Phone: 781-395-8795
Fax: 781-395-8795
Address:
Medford, MA 02155

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1985

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1985

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Solo / Recital

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - Orchestral

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 30

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public

Languages Available:

  • Hebrew
  • Italian

Geographic Reach:

  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • N/A

Awards

Awards:

  • N/A

Education

Education:

  • PhD, Composition and Theory, Brandeis University, 1991
  • Artist Diploma, New England Conservatory, 1984
  • Master of Music, Indiana University, 1981

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Fee range:

$300 - $800

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Fee range:

$300 - $800

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Grand Piano, recently tuned

Fee Range:

$1,500 - $6,000

State of Residence:

New Hampshire

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

1