Tea Time Concert: Clare Longendyke, piano

Clare Longendyke with arms outspread in front of a yellow wall

March 12, 2020 | 4:30PM
Fulton Recital Hall

Character pieces from the solo piano repertoire

Piano Artist-in-Residence Clare Longendyke performs music by Scarlatti, Liszt, Ravel, and Prokofiev on the weekly Tea Time Concert Series. Complimentary tea and cookies are served at 4:15 pm, and the music begins at 4:30.

 

About Clare Longendyke

Clare Longendyke serves as Director of Chamber Music and Artist-in-Residence. Hailed a “superlative pianist,” (Journal of the IAWM), Clare Longendyke is a passionate soloist and chamber musician recognized for her colorful musicality, technical fluency, and ability to interpret repertoires across the musical spectrum. Clare has performed solo and chamber music recitals across Europe and North America and has won 1st place prizes in competitions across the United States. In 2018-19, Clare performed 50 concerts around the globe, including two performances of Joan Tower’s Piano Concerto and solo recital performances in Italy, Paris, Minnesota, Maine, San Francisco, and Boston. She made her orchestral debut in 2012 performing Bartók’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the Indiana University Concert Orchestra.

Clare has been a featured soloist in the Fazioli Piano Series (Los Angeles), the Schubert Club of Minnesota’s Courtroom Concert Series, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ SoundBites Series, as well as in performances on NPR’s Performance Today. An active performer of new music, she has premiered over 90 new works since 2012 and is the founder and Artistic Director of Music in Bloom, a new music festival in Indiana. Through her solo and ensemble work, she has worked with and performed the music of living composers Joan Tower, Frederic Rzewski, Mason Bates, Vivian Fung, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Joseph Schwantner, among many others.

Clare holds degrees from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, the École Normale de Musique in Paris, France, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.