Marilyn Nonken
Pianist
News
Nonken to Perform at Colburn School
On the heels of her November West Coast Tour, Marilyn Nonken will return to California to perform Tristan Murail's landmark "Territoires de L'Oubli" on December 7 in Los Angeles. She will be featured on the Monday Evening Concert Series at Zipper Concert Hall, on a program also featuring Mario Caroli and Alice Teyssier. Of her CD recording of Murail's complete piano works, Andy Hamilton of The Wire wrote: "Her playing ... is luminous, showing delicacy, drama and passion and seeming to capture every nuance of this beautiful music."
Mode releases Reynolds "Angel of Death", with Nonken, Martensson
This month sees the release of Marilyn Nonken's performance of Roger Reynolds's piano concerto "The Angel of Death," directed by Magnus Martensson. Her live performance of this work, featuring piano, chamber orchestra, and electronics, is included on the new Mode disc of the composer's complete piano music.
Upcoming Releases: Music Of Ferneyhough, Messiaen
Marilyn Nonken’s 2009-2010 season will see two new highly anticipated new releases: chamber music of Brian Ferneyhough (Cairos), recorded with the Ensemble ELISION under Jean DeRoyer, including “La Chute d’Icare” and “Les Froissements d’Ailes de Gabriel," and Olivier Messiaen's "Visions de l'Amen" (Bridge), recorded with pianist Sarah Rothenberg.