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Symphony Space
Steinway Salon

Geoffrey Burleson - Piano

Works by Camille Saint-Saëns

Mazurka in G Minor, op. 24
Mazurka in B Minor, op. 66
Valse nonchalante, op. 110
Valse canariote, op. 88

Refrain (2012) by Yehudi Wyner

Preludes by David Rakowski
Pull a Wall Up (2010)
In a Regal Age Ran I (2010)
Riccio (2014)
Ain't Got No Right (2005)

Heartbreaker (2013) by Missy Mazzoli

Powerhouse Passacaglia (2015) by Geoffrey Burleson

"Burleson is a remarkable pianist, with tireless attack, unflagging rhythm and energy to burn." -The Boston Globe

"A well-done, resounding performance. Pianist Geoffrey Burleson showed off all the possibilities of the Steinway Concert Grand." -Berner Zeitung (Switzerland)

"Mr. Burleson played them with the energy and passion of a jazz player at the densest moment of a solo. He brought a similar power, as well as an improvisatory imagination, to Frank Zappa's Bebop Tango." -The New York Times 

Geoffrey Burleson has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America, and is equally active as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and jazz performer. The New York Times has hailed Mr. Burleson’s solo performances as “vibrant and compelling,” furthermore praising his “rhythmic brio, projection of rhapsodic qualities, appropriate sense of spontaneity, and rich colorings.”

Currently, Mr. Burleson is recording the complete piano works of Camille Saint-Saëns, being released on 5 CD volumes on the new Naxos Grand Piano label. Other recent releases include Roy Harris: Complete Piano Music (Naxos), and Vincent Persichetti: Complete Piano Sonatas (New World Records). The Persichetti recording was accorded high acclaim from the BBC Music Magazine (“BBC Music Choice”; 5/5 stars), a laudatory feature review in Gramophone, and was listed among the best recordings released in 2008 by Fanfare and the American Record Guide.

Mr. Burleson was winner of the Silver Medal in the International Piano Recording Competition, and won Special Commendations in the Vienna Modern Masters International Performers Competition. He was also the recipient of a DAAD grant from the German government to support a residency at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and Stony Brook University (D.M.A.), his principal teachers include Gilbert Kalish, Leonard Shure, Veronica Jochum, Lillian Freundlich, Tinka Knopf, and Audrey Bart Brown.

Mr. Burleson teaches piano at Princeton University, and is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Piano Studies at Hunter College-City University of New York.