Piano
Telephone: 617-552-8720
Email: eleanor.perrone@bc.edu
Individual Instrumental Lessons: Piano
Eleanor Perrone (piano)Ìýhas concertized in Brazil and Europe, performing in Sao Paolo, Campinas, Brussels,ÌýGerman-AmericanÌýInstitutes at Kiel, Saarbrucken and Heidelberg, and the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, YehudiÌýWynerÌýand Stephen Hartke. Other solo and chamber music engagements includeÌýCaramoorÌýFestival,ÌýMerkinÌýHall, Alice Tully Hall, Courthouse Center for the Arts,ÌýLiveArtsÌýconcert series, and Oracle Piano Society series. Concerto engagements have included the °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ Pops,ÌýOrquestraÌýSinfonicaÌýdeÌýCampinasÌýand the Billings Symphony. Her performance of Rhapsody in Blue with the Billings Symphony elicited the following from the Billings Outpost; "…Ms. Perrone performed with passion and perfection...". Ìý Ms. Perrone received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ University and has studied with Patricia Zander, Anthony di Bonaventura, BelaÌýBoszormenyi-Nagy, and Leonard Eisner. Former piano °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥of the Longy School of Music, she also served as Associate Chair and Chair of piano in Community Programs from 2005-2010. She teaches privately andÌýisÌýalso on theÌýpiano and chamber musicÌýfacultyÌýof the Rivers School Conservatory. Ìý She has recorded Beethoven Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles for solo piano, and Vivaldi Six Sonatas for Cello and Piano withAshimaÌýScripp. Please visit:ÌýÌýto learn more.
Hailed a "Virtuosic Storyteller" by the Kieler Nachtrichten, Eleanor Perrone's performances have consistently elicited rousing ovations in response to her electric energy and sonic beauty. The °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ Globe states, "Perrone is a pianist who makes you listen."
As soloist with the °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ Pops under Harry Ellis Dickson in Symphony Hall, she brought the audience to its feet and was invited back for several performances.ÌýÌýA concert tour in Brazil brought her to São Paolo and Campinas, where she performed Ravel’s Concerto in G with Benito Juarez of the Orquestra Sinfonica de CampinasÌýÌýas well as giving solo recitals and master classes at Unicamp and City University of São Paolo.ÌýÌýHer performance of Rhapsody in Blue with the Billings Symphony elicited the following from the Billings Outpost; "…Ms. Perrone performed with passion and perfection...".ÌýÌýÌýOther concerto engagements have included the Merrimack Valley Symphony Orchestra, Thayer Symphony, and with the Brookline Symphony, the °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ premiere of the Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto.ÌýÌý
As part of a concert tour in Europe, Ms. Perrone performed at the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, Yehudi Wyner and Stephen Hartke.ÌýÌýOther solo and chamber music engagements have included Caramoor Festival, Arts in the Village, Concerts at the Point, Oracle Piano Society, and LiveArts concert series, as well as °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥series at The Rivers School Conservatory and The Longy School of Music.ÌýÌýMs. Perrone enjoys speaking to the audience about her programs as a way of drawing in the audience and breaking down some of the barriers between artist and audience.Ìý Ìý
Trained at the Juilliard School and °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ University, she holds a Master of Music degree from °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ University and has studied with Patricia Zander, Anthony di Bonaventura, Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy, and Leonard Eisner.ÌýÌýFormer piano °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥of the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, Perrone also served as Associate Chair and Chair of piano in their Community Programs division from 2005-2010.ÌýÌýÌýÌýShe is on the piano °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥of the Rivers School Conservatory, Weston MA, and maintains a private studio in Watertown, MA.Ìý Ìý
Ms. Perrone has recorded Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles, Op. 126, and theÌýÌýVivaldi Cello Sonatas, with cellist Ashima Scripp - available on Amazon.ÌýÌýFor more information, please visitÌý