“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
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 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.
News/Concerts
Artist in ResidenceTexas A&M University – Central Texas
Texas A&M University and Temple College
April 28-29, 2022
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
INFO: Stephen Porter Poster
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Benefit
June 4, 2022
INFO: St Jude 2022
PLEASE DONATE HERE: St. Jude Donations
The Great Hall of the Nantucket Atheneum
August 27, 2022
Janacek, Debussy, Beethoven
INFO: https://nantucket.librarycalendar.com/event/concert-pianist-stephen-porter
Recital with Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
September 24, 2022
The La Grua Center ~ Stonington, CT
Schumann, Brahms, Faure, Bonds
INFO: https://lagruacenter.org/events/music-matters-immortal-dreams/
Press
Contact
For information:
info@stephenporterpiano.com
To contact Stephen directly:
stephenporterpiano@gmail.com