Valerie Tryon's guest appearances

Valerie Tryon

Music and Concerts

John Adams

John Cohen

Sam Phillips

Rosanne Cash

Lionel Loueke

Chris Lee

Randy Newman

Graham Nash

Leonard Bernstein

Nico Muhly

Zosha Di Castri

Burt Bacharach

Jeff Davis

Alan Lomax

Natasha Trethewey

OwlTail

Nov. 9, 2013. The Library celebrated the bicentennials of composers Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi with lecture/recital double-bill. In the recital, Valerie Tryon performed a range of these works that draws on the Library's substantial holdings. In addition to Lisztian encounters with Verdi and Wagner, Tryon included several unique works based on the music of Mozart and Allegri. Speaker Biography: Valerie Tryon was born in Portsmouth, England. Her career as a concert pianist began while she was still a child. Before she was twelve she had broadcast for the BBC and was appearing regularly before the public on the concert platform. She was one of the youngest students to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Music, where she received the highest awards in piano playing, including the Macfarren Gold Medal and a bursary which took her to Paris for further study with the distinguished teacher Jacques Février. Under the influence of Février she embarked on a lifelong and enduring passion for French music, including Ravel and Debussy. She has recorded Ravel's complete solo piano works and has twice performed in public Debussy's entire output for solo piano in ambitious cycles of five consecutive recitals. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6353

Nov. 9, 2013. The Library celebrated the bicentennials of composers Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi with lecture/recital double-bill. In the recital, Valerie Tryon performed a range of these works that draws on the Library's substantial holdings. In addition to Lisztian encounters with Verdi and Wagner, Tryon included several unique works based on the music of Mozart and Allegri. <br><br>Speaker Biography: Valerie Tryon was born in Portsmouth, England. Her career as a concert pianist began while she was still a child. Before she was twelve she had broadcast for the BBC and was appearing regularly before the public on the concert platform. She was one of the youngest students to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Music, where she received the highest awards in piano playing, including the Macfarren Gold Medal and a bursary which took her to Paris for further study with the distinguished teacher Jacques Février. Under the influence of Février she embarked on a lifelong and enduring passion for French music, including Ravel and Debussy. She has recorded Ravel's complete solo piano works and has twice performed in public Debussy's entire output for solo piano in ambitious cycles of five consecutive recitals. <br><br>For transcript, captions, and more information, visit <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6353" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6353</a>

Recital: Valerie Tryon, Piano