reviews
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"Amy Briggs Dissanayake offers elegant, precisely shaded accounts of Ms. Thomas's attractive Piano Etudes, presented in three contrasting, interrelated pairs."
New York Times

“Brilliant Chicago pianist Amy [Briggs] Dissanayake dispatches them with a kind of elegant ferocity that takes your breath away.”
Chicago Tribune

“Amy [Briggs] Dissanayake does a splendid job projecting the music's wit, and her unflappable virtuosity makes even the densest writing sound effortless.”
Classics Today

“Expertly performed by Amy [Briggs] Dissanayake, an intrepid pianist…clearly more than at home in Rakowski’s welter of demands.”
Gramophone Magazine

“[Briggs] plays…with great aplomb and musicality”
American Record Guide

“Amy [Briggs] Dissanayake, a protégé of Ursula Oppens, brings fire and beauty to this fascinating material”
Fanfare Magazine

“…ferociously talented pianist…”
Chicago Sun-Times

“…dashing virtuosity…”
Chicago Tribune

“...extraordinary in [her] mastery of what lay on the dense, printed page, and beyond.”
Chicago Tribune

“…une versione ascetique et sensuelle…”
La Republique du Centre, Orleans, France

“Her youthful exuberance, technical excellence, and an obvious joy in sharing her considerable artistry with others, combined to produce performances of great quality.”
United States Information Service

“...technical and artistic mastery...”
The Times of India

“Tres eclectique...une pianiste virtuose...”
Midi Madagasikara, Antananarivo

 

It's Never Too Late to Tango

My tango CD is finally out!  Ravello Records, a division of Parma Records (distributed by Naxos), released my Tangos for Piano this past October.   You can find more information on the Recordings page.  Read reviews of the disc here and here and here and here.

Davy's Writing Me a Concerto!

The renowned Davy Rakowski, composer of 100 "Davytudes" and much, much more, is hard at work in the south of France at this very moment, working on a piano concerto pour moi.   He is sending updates via pdf and midi files regularly.  It's going to be amazing (yes, even the midi files sound good)!  I can't wait...now we just need to find a nice big orchestra willing to program a 40-minute concerto for full forces.  Any ideas?

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