Pianist Stewart Goodyear Returns To Chamber Music Detroit Stage With Concerts In Grosse Pointe & Pontiac May 6 & 7

Multi-talented pianist, improviser and composer Stewart Goodyear returns to Chamber Music Detroit with concerts at Christ Church Grosse Pointe on Friday, May 6 at 8 PM, and at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac on Saturday, May 7 at 8 PM. His wide-ranging program includes works by Jennifer Higdon, Anthony Davis, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, plus the Midwest premiere of "Phoenix," a new work by Goodyear himself.

Chamber Music Detroit has just announced a new partnership with the Kawai Piano Gallery of Michigan (transitioning from Evola Music), and Kawai's premier model, the Shigeru Kawai concert grand piano, will become Chamber Music Detroit's official piano. In celebration of this new partnership, a limited number of complimentary tickets to both concerts will be available. For more information, call 313-335-3300 or visit www.CMDetroit.org

Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished performer and composer who has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world.

Highlights of Mr. Goodyear's 2021-22 season include his Boston debut at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a return engagement at the Ladies Morning Musical Club in Montreal as well as appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C.), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Vancouver and Indianapolis Symphonies.

Mr. Goodyear's discography includes the complete sonatas and piano concertos of Beethoven, as well as concertos by Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Rachmaninov, an album of Ravel piano works, and an album entitled "For Glenn Gould." His Rachmaninov recording received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Album for Soloist and Large Ensemble Accompaniment. Mr. Goodyear's recording of his own transcription of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)" was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015. His discography is released on the Marquis Classics, Orchid Classics, and Steinway and Sons labels. His new album, entitled "Phoenix," was released in fall of 2021 and includes Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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