Rave Reviews!
“...played splendidly”
- The New York Times
“fine musicianship”
“...Luest finds the right amount of emotion,
at times allowing the music to speak
so powerfully for itself”
- Fanfare Magazine
“a virtuoso pianist sailing through
complex demands”
“…impressive piano technique”
- The San Francisco Examiner
“soulful sophistication”
- The Sacramento Bee
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Introduction
Biography
EVELYNE LUEST has performed and toured in Europe, South America, Asia and the USA. She has won several competitions including the Artists International Competition in New York as soloist, as well as many awards with the Contrasts Quartet.
Ms. Luest has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall, the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds in Italy and on NPR’s St. Paul Sunday. Her many collaborations include such noted musicians as cellist Truls Mork, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, cellist Joshua Roman, the Lark Quartet, and the Daedalus string Quartet.. Her performances include festivals and concert venues in Norway, France, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, Canada and the US. Ms. Luest's long list of premieres includes compositions by Ned Rorem, Joan Tower, Aaron Jay Kernis and Lisa Bielawa. She studied with Gilbert Kalish at SUNY/Stony Brook, where she received an M.M. and D.M.A. in piano performances. Ms. Luest lives in New York City with her husband, Aaron Jay Kernis and their two children.
Rave Reviews
"An accomplished soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Luest has been hailed in the San Francisco Examiner as a "virtuoso pianist sailing through complex demands …impressive piano technique" and in Fanfare Magazine for her "fine musicianship …Luest finds the right amount of emotion, at times allowing the music to speak so powerfully for itself".
"...played splendidly"
- The New York Times
"soulful sophistication"
- The Sacramento Bee
2023 Performances
2021 Performances
Evelyne Leust; Schumann Fantasy in C Major,
Opus 17, first movement
Evelyne Leust; Schumann Fantasy,
second movement
Kernis & Beethoven Birthday Performance, 2020
Evelyne Luest: Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata, third movement
Program: Kernis & Beethoven Birthday Performance
A Birthday Celebration for Ludwig (250 years old) and Aaron (60 years old)
Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827)
Aaron Jay Kernis (January 15, 1960--)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1808)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Jonah Kernis, cello - Evelyne Luest, piano
Kernis: Inside (2020) ONLIN
A Birthday Celebration for Ludwig (250 years old) and Aaron (60 years old)
Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827)
Aaron Jay Kernis (January 15, 1960--)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1808)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Jonah Kernis, cello - Evelyne Luest, piano
Kernis: Inside (2020) ONLINE PREMIERE
Elegy (for those we lost) (2020) ONLINE PREMIERE
Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
Kernis: from First Club Date (2017):
1. Prelude to a Pizz., for cello and piano
Jonah Kernis, cello - Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
Kernis: Sonatine for violin and piano (2019) ONLINE PREMIERE
2. Shaded Blue from
Delphine Kernis, violin - Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest") (1801-2)
1. Allegretto
Evelyne Luest, piano
Kernis: Lullaby (1989)
Evelyne Luest, piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No.2 (1809)
1. Poco sostenuto – Allegro, ma non troppo *
*HaWK Trio, Sanford Whatley, violin, Jonah Kernis, cello, Yunus Hokacci, piano
Concerts in the Lounge
HVG Performing Arts Group & PAG, a Community Affairs Committee Program
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