The oldest way to hear a pianist is still the best: at close range, among friends, in a room with a good piano. I am Dr. Maria Pisarenko, a classical concert pianist and Doctor of Musical Arts, trained in the Moscow Conservatory school with a documented teaching line back to Franz Liszt.
Send the date, the area and what piano is in the house. I reply personally with programme ideas.
A salon concert is a real recital, not background music: the room stops and listens. I have played salon concerts in Las Vegas for many years — the Las Vegas Sun called one, given with the Mechta Trio in 2008, “Intimate, masterful and free”.
A concert as the gift — with the piece that matters played last.
An evening people talk about for years: a reception, a recital, a dinner.
Russian and European Romantic music, introduced in a few words between pieces.
Piano with violin, cello or voice, by request and well in advance.
A short recital in a private home or a private room, for invited guests who come to listen — the way chamber music was heard in the nineteenth century. Usually a programme of forty-five minutes to an hour, often with a reception before or after.
A programme chosen with you from the concert repertoire I perform: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev — introduced in a few words between pieces.
Yes. A duo with violin or cello, a singer, or a trio can be arranged by request, booked well in advance.
A good piano, tuned a few days before. Tell me what the instrument is and the programme is prepared for it.
Two hours is the minimum booking, with travel and any breaks included in it.
Send the date, the place and a line about the occasion, and I will come back to you with a programme suggestion and a quote.