Constantine Finehouse, pianist

Praised by Rhein Main Presse Allgemeine Zeitung for his “interpretations of depth and maturity,” Constantine Finehouse has performed extensively in the US and abroad, including in Trieste, London, St. Petersburg and Odessa.
The Bolcom Project, made in collaboration with his American Double partner, violinist Philip Ficsor, included an Albany Records CD and a national tour with concerts in Boston, New York, Denver, Santa Barbara, Spokane and at Yale University. Fanfare praised the recording as “indispensable to any serious collector with an interest in later 20th-century duo repertoire for violin and piano.” As part of American Double, Finehouse also undertook a tour of Hungary, performing sonatas by Brahms, Bolcom and Ravel. More recently, he performed with violinist Olga Caceànova at Galeazza Castle in Italy and with cellist Sebastian Baverstam at the Concert Artists Guild Winners’ Concert at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. Finehouse is currently recording William Bolcom’s complete solo piano works for Naxos Records. His upcoming CD with Sebastian Baverstam will feature sonatas by Franck, Shostakovich as well as works by Tony Schemmer. The 2010-2011 season will bring recitals celebrating the Chopin and Schumann bicentennials.
Finehouse serves on the faculty of New England Conservatory’s Division of Preparatory and Continuing Education. He is the recipient of the Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship from Julliard, a 2004 St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant and a 2006 Classics Abroad Project Award. Finehouse was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His principal teachers include Natalia Harlap, Herbert Stessin, Jerome Lowenthal, Boris Berman and Bruce Brubaker.
For more information about Constantine Finehouse, visit cfinehouse.com.

The 2010-2011 Season

The focus of the the current and upcoming seasons are performances of music by Chopin and Schumann, celebrating 200th anniversary of their birth. These concerts will also feature compositions of William Bolcom, Tony Schemmer and Richard Beaudoin that quote or cross-reference works (or, as in Beaudoin's case, actual recorded performances of works) of the two older masters. Other programs in 2010 will feature Nine Bagatelles and Nine New Bagatelles by one of the giants of American music, William Bolcom, in conjuction with the recording of these works as well as of his mamoth 1961 Fantasy-Sonata on Naxos Records. Please visit the Events page for more information on  performances.

Upcoming Recordings - 2010

January 2010 saw the release of Constantine's solo album, Backwards Glance, which intersperses 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 is currently planned for spring of 2010 and will feature sonatas by Franck and Shostakovich in addition to Schemmer's "Adagio" and "Romanza." Listen to preview samples from these recordings in the discography section. This year will also see the release of first in a series of six CD's on Naxos Records of the complete solo piano works of William Bolcom.