Meet the Artists (Part I)! Culture Window Opening Night: April 16, 2021
Designed to be viewed safely from the street and intended as a colorful revivifying moment of pride and connectivity for the neighborhood, Culture Window spans the world of live arts from classical piano to folk dance.
Part block party, part cultural happening, Culture Window @ the Jewelbox will be free and fun for the whole family to enjoy. Caribbean food and snacks will be available for purchase from Norm’s Bkn Jerkmobile!
MEET THE CULTURE WINDOW ARTISTS: APRIL 16
Simone Dinnerstein is an American pianist. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, son and dog, less than a mile from the hospital in which she was born.
Simone has a distinctive musical voice. The Washington Post has called her “an artist of strikingly original ideas and irrefutable integrity.” She first came to wider public attention in 2007 through her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, reflecting an aesthetic that was both deeply rooted in the score and profoundly idiosyncratic. She is, wrote The New York Times, “a unique voice in the forest of Bach interpretation.”
Since that recording, she has had a busy performing career. She has played with orchestras ranging from the New York Philharmonic and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra to the London Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai. She has performed in venues from Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center to the Berlin Philharmonie, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Seoul Arts Center and the Sydney Opera House. She has made ten albums, all of which topped the Billboard classical charts, with repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Ravel.
At the April 16 Culture Window peformance, she will perform Mad Rush by composer Philip Glass, and accompany Brooklyn Ballet's Pas de Deux, playing Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Gavotte et Six Doubles.
Brooklyn Ballet is a not-for-profit dance company dedicated to artistic excellence and education, reflecting Brooklyn's diverse communities. Pas de Deux is an intricate and nuanced mixed-movement duet co-choreographed by Lynn Parkerson and James “Floats” Fable.
Steven Beck, a member of The Knights, plays two piano sonatas by George Walker, the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. His recording of Walker’s sonatas (the first recording of the complete set) will soon be released on Bridge Records.
Stay tuned for our Part II post featuring more amazing Culture window artists. And don't forget to RSVP for the show!
