Constantine Finehouse, pianist

Constantine Finehouse was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and immigrated to the United States at age 13, settling in Boston. He has appeared in a number of prestigious venues across the United States and Europe, including Symphony and Jordan Halls in Boston, Alice Tully Hall in New York and Salle Cortot in Paris. He is the recipient of the 2004 Foundation Grant from the St. Botolph Club where he is also an associate-in-the-arts and a regular performer. He also received a 2006 Project Award from Classics Abroad to promote his Naxos recordings of William Bolcom’s solo piano music. As a student of Bruce Brubaker at the New England Conservatory, during the 2005-2006 school year he performed at Jordan Hall on four different occasions, having been selected to participate in Concert X, Chamber Music Gala Concert, Beethoven/Schoenberg Festival, as well as a winner of Honors Piano Competition. In the 2007 school year he will join the faculy of New England Conservatory's Preparatory Division.

The 2007-2008 Season

The focus of the 2007-2008 season will be on the music of Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning American composer William Bolcom. A number of exciting events across the country will celebrate Bolcom’s 70th anniversary. The most important of these is the September release of a double-CD on Albany Records of the complete works for violin and piano with violinist Philip Ficsor, the latest project by American Double. Performances of Bolcom’s solo and chamber works in Santa Barbara, Denver, New York, Boston as well as lecture/presentations at Yale University and Whitworth College will follow later in the season. Also ongoing is the recording of the first in a series of six CD’s of Bolcom’s complete solo piano works for Naxos Records.

Upcoming Recordings

This year will see the release of two solo albums: “Fantasies,” featuring music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Lister and “Backwards Glance,” interspersing compositions by Johannes Brahms and Richard Beaudoin. A CD of music for cello and piano music representing collaborations with young cellist Sebastian Baverstam and Boston-based composer Tony Schemmer will also feature sonatas by Franck and Shostakovich. Listen to preview samples from these recordings in the discography section.

Summer tour

In the mean time, rehearsals in Salzburg are taking place in preparation for the London production of Beaudoin’s opera “Pierre.” Staged by Andrew Stegall and performed at Arcola Theatre, this premiere will include performances by two rising stars, soprano Annette Dasch and tenor Joseph Kaiser.

A tour of Russia, Ukraine and Hungary will take place later in the summer season with recitals in St. Petersburg, Lviv and Budapest, among others. The tour will feature solo concerts as well performances the clarinetist Adrian Schur.