by joanneadmin | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
REVIEWS • CDs SOLO REPERTOIRE Farrenc Piano Works, Vol 2: ‘The Silence Between the Notes’ Joanne Polk of Steinway & Sons STNS30223 Joanne Polk’s second Steinway & Sons album devoted to piano works by Louise Farrenc matches the previous release’s superb pianism...
by joanneadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog
I am thrilled that the Milwaukee Ballet choreographed and performed a work to my recording of a piece by Cécile Chaminade. View the article...
by Joanne Polk | Apr 27, 2020 | Blog
Did you know women have been writing music as long as men? Léonin was the first known significant composer of polyphonic music, and lived, it is thought, around 1150-1201. But Hildegarde von Bingen lived from 1098-1179, and was a composer, philosopher, writer and...
by Joanne Polk | Apr 26, 2020 | Blog
Louise Farrenc (1804-75) was a pianist and composer, who taught at the Paris Conservatoire for 40 years. But she was never permitted to teach or even study composition there, only piano. And she composed “30 Etudes in Major and Minor Keys,” which became a...
by Joanne Polk | Apr 25, 2020 | Blog
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1864-1944) was a pianist and a child prodigy. But she was also a girl, and thus wasn’t encouraged to pursue her dream of becoming a concert pianist, in spite of her brilliant and remarkable talent. When she was 18, she married a surgeon named...
