“A transcendent experience” [Beethoven Op. 111]NEW YORK ARTS

“A revelation…simply spellbinding” [Debussy Images I & II]
BOSTON MUSIC INTELLIGENCER

“The sound was pure magic…disturbingly beautiful” [Schubert D. 960]EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

“The most exciting and appropriate version of the Appassionata”SLATE MAGAZINE

Recordings

SPIRITUEL – The Liszt Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvJsEkDet0&t=52s

Buckley Recital Hall – Amherst College
Mendelssohn chamber music
Video Link Here

Live from San Francisco
Beethoven, Four Premieres, Debussy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSfkyOqTOnY

Texas A&M University – Central Texas
Recital and Keynote Address – excerpts
Rachmaninoff, Granados, Janacek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em6Ci_Ga21E

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Biography

Stephen Porter has appeared internationally as a soloist over the past 25 years, at venues that include the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama in Sweden, the Sala Villa-Lobos at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Albert Long Hall in Istanbul, LSO St. Luke’s with the Amadeus Orchestra of London, Sarajevo as the featured soloist of the Bosnia International Music Festival, the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden, and the Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio, Italy.  He is a four-time artist resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and in 2021-22 he is Artist in Residence at Texas A&M Central University.  In 2022 he performs with two Grammy Award winning soloists, mezzo-soprano Krista River and bass-baritone Dashon Burton.

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News/Concerts

Artist in Residence, 2021-22Texas A&M University – Central Texas

Texas A&M University – Central Texas
April 28, 2022
Beethoven:  Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: Stephen Porter Poster

Temple College, TX
April 29, 2022
Beethoven:  Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: Stephen Porter Poster

Temple College, TX
April 30, 2022
Masterclass

Recital with Krista River, mezzo-soprano
and Ilana Davidson, soprano
April 24, 2022
Cochran Chapel – Andover, Massachusetts
Handel, Haydn, Andre Previn, Kevin Puts

Beethoven:  Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
April 1, 2022
Cochran Chapel – Andover, Massachusetts

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Press

“The Bach-Busoni Chaconne was invigorating, and the perfect sendoff to intermission”
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
“The challenges of Liszt’s monumental Sonata in B minor were easily met by Porter”
BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER
“A powerful revelation…as if the voice of the composer were speaking to us” [Debussy 24 Preludes]
NEW YORK ARTS
“A compelling and moving performance” [Schubert D. 960]
BERKSHIRE REVIEW

Contact

For information:
info@stephenporterpiano.com

To contact Stephen directly:
stephenporterpiano@gmail.com

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