“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
News/Concerts
January 28: Premiere – “Le Pont Universel” by Andrew List
VIDEOS: BOSTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC – Seully Hall
FIVE SHORT FILMS: Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Schubert
SPIRITUEL: Music of Franz Liszt in Concert
BEETHOVEN AND BUDDHISM: Live from San Francisco
April 5: Boston Cecilia Gala 2025
With mezzo-soprano Krista River
July 2-29: Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
Artist Residency – Premieres by:
Caio Senna (Brazil), Tan Chan Boon (Singapore), Farzia Fallah (Iran), Andrew List (USA)
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September 30: Music Salon Emmanuel, Singapore
October 4: Bangalore International Centre, India
SOCIAL: BIC Stephen Porter
VIDEO: Beethoven Final Piano Sonatas
December 15: Newton, Massachusetts
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April 14: Recital with Krista River, mezzo-soprano
June 1: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Benefit
July 17: Lincoln Arts Festival, Boothbay Harbor Maine
August 24: The Great Hall, Nantucket Atheneum
September 22: South Church 200th Anniversary
Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
Artist in Residence February 2024
RECITAL: https://www.citedesartsparis.net/fr/stephen-porter_3
Eglise Saint-Louis en l’Île, Paris
22 July 2023 8:30pm
Bach/Porter: “Es ist vollbracht”
Beethoven: Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: https://www.citedesartsparis.net/fr/hlm-stephen-porter
Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
26 July 2023 8:00pm Auditorium
Janacek: Sonata
Debussy: Preludes
Martin Skafte: Preludes (premiere)
PROGRAM: Programme Stephen Porter
INFO: Ateliers Ouverts 26 Juillet
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Recital with Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
The La Grua Center ~ Stonington, CT
Schumann, Brahms, Faure, Bonds
INFO: https://lagruacenter.org/events/music-matters-immortal-dreams/
Old First Concerts – San Francisco, CA
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/stephen-porter-beethoven-and-buddhism-sunday-october-23-at-4-pm/
Texas A&M University and Temple College
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: Stephen Porter Poster
Recordings
MARGARET BONDS: Three Dream Portraits
With Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Live Concert Recording
https://youtu.be/_uhiwqxXy2g
GABRIEL FAURE: Mirages
With Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Live Concert Recording
https://youtu.be/bjWe22MAaCQ
BEETHOVEN AND BUDDHISM: The Final Piano Sonatas
Live from San Francisco
https://youtu.be/SQGYB8nnUko
SPIRITUEL – A Liszt Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvJsEkDet0&t=52s
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata Op. 110
Live from Palomar College, California
https://youtu.be/KLuUEYl1BVc?si=ZXrdW_C5xyQe5rFz
Buckley Recital Hall – Amherst College
Mendelssohn chamber music
https://youtu.be/yJL47IMises
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
Biography
Stephen Porter has appeared internationally as a soloist 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. This season he has given recitals at the Bangalore International Centre in India and Music Salon Emmanuel in Singapore. He is a six-time artist resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and from 2021-24 he was Artist in Residence and Research Artist at Texas A&M University Central Texas. Mr. Porter has performed and recorded with two Grammy Award winning soloists, mezzo-soprano Krista River and bass-baritone Dashon Burton.
