Mishka Rushdie Momen opens Portland Piano International's 2023 / 2024 main recital series with solo performances in Portland and Beaverton, September 24 & 26
Mishka Rushdie Momen
PORTLAND, OR – British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, a rising star known for her refined and expressive playing, will make her Portland debut in recitals presented by Portland Piano International (PPI). She will open PPI's 2023 / 2024 Main Recital Series on September 24 at Portland State University's Lincoln Performance Hall, followed by a performance at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton on September 26.
Lauded as "one of the most thoughtful and sensitive of British pianists" (The Times) whose performances are "full of vim and vigour throughout" (BBC Music Magazine), Rushdie Momen has performed on major recital stages throughout North America and Europe — including Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Lucerne Festival, Leeds International Piano Series, and the Oxford Piano Festival. With a focus on works spanning the Renaissance to today, her programs often juxtapose repertoire from Gibbons and Rameau with audience favorites by Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann, and newly commissioned works from Nico Muhly, Vijay Iyer, and Héloïse Werner.
As a concerto soloist, Rushdie Momen's recent engagements have included performances with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Orchestre National d'Ile de France, and the Britten Sinfonia. Equally at home as a chamber musician, she frequently collaborates with Steven Isserlis, Guy Johnston, Zlatomir Fung, Joshua Bell, Midori, Stephen Waarts, Timothy Ridout, and Anthony Marwood.
Rushdie Momen released her critically acclaimed debut solo recording, Variations, in 2019 on SOMM Recordings, featuring performances of works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms, and Mendelssohn that Fanfare magazine praised as "beautifully poetic." Rushdie Momen was selected by the arts critics of The Times as their chosen nominee in the field of classical music for the 2021 Breakthrough Award given by Sky Arts and The South Bank Show.
Ms. Rushdie Momen's programs for Portland Piano International are as follows.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, AT 4 PM
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, AT 7:30 PM
The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton
WILLIAM BYRD
The Bells
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata No. 6 in F Major, op. 10, no. 2
WILLIAM BYRD
Will Yow Walke the Woods soe Wylde
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Variations sérieuses, op. 54
WILLIAM BYRD
Pavana Lachrymae, after Flow My Tears by John Dowland
— Intermission —
ORLANDO GIBBONS
Lord Salisbury's Pavan and Galliard
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Selections from Visions fugitives, op. 22
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
The 2023 / 2024 Main Recital Series
Curated by the prolific Israeli pianist and recording artist Boris Giltburg, PPI's 2023 / 2024 season of intimate piano recitals brings today's finest pianists to Portland for inspiring performances of treasured works and adventuresome new music.
Upcoming concerts this season include the following:
· Marc-André Hamelin (October 15 & 17)
· Boris Giltburg (December 3 & 5)
· Filippo Gorini (January 7 & 9)*
· Michelle Cann (February 4 & 6)*
· Eric Lu (May 5 & 7)*
* Denotes PPI debut
On curating PPI's new season, Mr. Giltburg commented:
"There are cities, venues, and concert series which stay in your heart long after your visit as a performer. Even when exact memories become flashbacks, a sense of great warmth remains, and a smile comes easily at the thought of eventually going back. Such for me is the Portland Piano International series. You can then imagine my excitement when I was approached and asked not just to return to the series, but to serve as your Guest Artistic Curator for the 2023 / 2024 season!
"Two traits unite all the pianists in our series this year: they are all poets of the keyboard in their unique way, and they all possess a wonderfully rich imagination. Brilliant or lyrical, their playing is always luminous and nuanced, clearly concerned with capturing shades of human emotions and sharing them with the audience."
Tickets and more information
Tickets for Ms. Rushdie Momen's Portland and Beaverton recitals are available now at portlandpiano.org, where other details may be found — including the complete Main Recital Series season, programs, and subscription options.
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PORTLAND PIANO INTERNATIONAL has presented more than 220 artists in recital and through outreach activities. Some of the greatest pianists in the world of music have played for Portland audiences because of this organization. While pianists have many opportunities to play the concerto repertoire, this is one of only a handful of recital series that remains devoted to the solo piano recital. Portland Piano International is a vital part of Portland's quality cultural life and it has consistently garnered praise from both the local and national media, heralded a "consistently brilliant Piano Recital Series" (Willamette Week) and "one of this city's musical treasures" (The Oregonian).