Classical World Sensation Performs Saturday at JCCC
January 26, 2012
Photo By Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, whose recordings have topped the classical charts, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Carlsen Center’s Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College.
Tickets, which are $35 and $25, can be purchased online or through the college box office at 913-469-4445.
When Telarc released Dinnerstein’s “Goldberg Variations” in 2007, she became a sensation in the classical world virtually overnight. The Telarc recording zoomed to No. 1 on the US Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales.
Dinnerstein’s follow-up album, “The Berlin Concert,” also hit that top spot, as did her latest album, “Bach – A Strange Beauty.” The latter one, released in January 2011, also made the Billboard Top 200, which compiles the entire music industry’s top-selling albums in all genres.
Her most recent recording, “Something Almost Being Said,” will be released Jan. 31.
The Kansas City Star recently called Dinnerstein “an ambassador for Bach,” detailing her “educationally enriching Bach invasion” at her son’s school. Read more about her school invasion in the Star.
Dinnerstein will talk with Patrick Neas on Radio Bach between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Thursday. Listen live online.
And, of course, check out the video below to hear a sample of Dinnerstein’s work.
