Anne-Marie McDermott
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Anne-Marie McDermott is a classical music pianist, and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She is also the artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
, and Artistic Director of the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in Key Largo, FL and the Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curaçao. She has been the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Development Award, the Andrew Wolf Memorial Chamber Music Award, the Joseph Kalichstein Piano Prize, the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, the Bruce Hungerford Memorial Prize, and the Mortimer Levitt Career Development Award for Women Artists. McDermott's recordings include the complete Piano Sonatas of Prokofiev (Bridge Records)" and the complete works for piano and orchestra of George Gershwin
" . Her recording of Bach English Suites and Partitas was named Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice". She commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen
and Clarice Assad
which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall in New York. Wuorinen wrote his Fourth Piano Sonata for McDermott. Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music
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Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival is an annual summer classical music festival located in Vail, Colorado. The festival was founded in 1987 by violinist Ida Kavafian and attorney John Giovando with the initial purpose of presenting a concert series of chamber music...
, and Artistic Director of the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in Key Largo, FL and the Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curaçao. She has been the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Development Award, the Andrew Wolf Memorial Chamber Music Award, the Joseph Kalichstein Piano Prize, the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, the Bruce Hungerford Memorial Prize, and the Mortimer Levitt Career Development Award for Women Artists. McDermott's recordings include the complete Piano Sonatas of Prokofiev (Bridge Records)" and the complete works for piano and orchestra of George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
" . Her recording of Bach English Suites and Partitas was named Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice". She commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
Charles Peter Wuorinen is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. His catalog of more than 250 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works...
and Clarice Assad
Clarice Assad
Clarice Assad is a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist.A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Clarice Assad has performed professionally since the age of seven. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, in Chicago, IL, and a Masters...
which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall in New York. Wuorinen wrote his Fourth Piano Sonata for McDermott. Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
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