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Mount Elizabeth Theatre,
8:00 PM
Saturday, November  20, 2010

Becoming known worldwide as “The International First Lady of Piano”, Teresa Walters is described by Austrian National Television as “that rare musical phenomenon – a pianist born to the instrument. One of the world’s most significant pianists, she creates magic with the music.” In recent seasons, she has performed on six continents and in most of the 50 United States, earning the world's highest praise for her solo recitals and performances as guest artist with orchestras. Her recent engagements in Russia as orchestral soloist received 5 curtain calls. A reviewer wrote: "Teresa Walters's playing proved to me and to the audience that she deserves to be in the top tier of piano soloists in the world." Her Lincoln Center recital in New York was sold out and won a standing ovation from an adoring public. The press wrote: "Teresa Walters's performance was quite literally sovereign. At the last, one was simply blown away." The American Record Guide writes: "Her competition is virtually nil."

Her biography could be written from headlines alone: "Teresa Walters Plays Piano on Grand Scale" (The Cincinnati Inquirer); "Her Hands Create Cascades of Luminescence" (The Washington Post); "A Liszt of Very Fine Performances" (The Budapest Sun); "Concert Extraordinaire" (Bucharest Stagiunea): "Bright Shining Star in Recital (El Norte, Mexico). Japan's leading music magazine Ongaku No Tomo reported: "The audience left with a feeling of ecstasy, so spiritually powerful was her performance."

Whether performing for European royalty in Esterhazy Palace or fundraising for chidren's charities in Delhi, Teresa Walters is a musical ambassador at home and abroad. International tours in recent seasons have included Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, Russia, Japan, and Israel where the Jerusalem Post described her artistry as "Marvelous! As close to perfect as I hope to hear." Other recent highlights include brilliant debuts in Manila and Hong Kong, performances with the Romanian Brasov Philharmonic in celebration of the their 125th Anniversary, a South American debut in Sao Paolo sponsored by Brazil's Serie International De Concertos in honor of International Women's Day, and an invitation to perform with the Bombay Orchestra at India's new National Center for the Performing Arts. Under sponsorship of the Liszt-Kodaly Society of Spain, she performed the inaugural recital of the International Liszt Cycle in Zaragoza.

Teresa Walters is the first American pianist invited by Hungary to perform three prestigious European recitals honoring the Anniversary of Franz Liszt's birthday. In addition to recitals at the Liszt Academy of Music and Memorial Museum in Budapest, she performed at Esterhazy Palace in Austria under the patronage of the present governing Prince Anton Esterhazy. Her recital at Liszt's birthplace in Raiding was televised. Her Liszt recordings have received nominations for the Grand Prix du Disque and are hailed by FANFARE magazine as "a formidable display of technical dexterity and red-blooded power." With the release of her new CD, the Budapest Sun wrote: "Her fingers give off sparks and she takes the keyboard into orbit."

A familiar face on the world's greatest concert stages, Teresa Walters has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, the Salle Cortot in Paris, and the Great Hall of Moscow. The New York Times writes: "There was much to admire: The crashing octave runs were all right on the mark. Not a note was smudged in the pages of intricate passagework and her conception had all the requisite sweep, power and warm sonority." New York Concert Review reports: "Her transcendental performance magically transforms the keyboard. She has a huge, rolling sound and makes music like an eagle surveying the landscape."

Teresa Walters earned her Doctorate from Peabody Conservatory and was awarded an international fellowship for a year of study abroad at the Paris Conservatoire. She and her husband live in the New York City area. They share their home with two kittens - a Maine Coon (Maxine) adopted from the animal shelter and an American Bobtail named Cocopuff Chanel. Max and Coco eagerly await her homecoming from every concert tour.

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