Schedule
March 21, 2027 – Clare Longendyke, piano
Pianist
Clare Longendyke is a soloist, chamber musician, and passionate advocate for new
music with “an artistic ferocity that captivated and astonished listeners”
(Waverly Newspapers). She brings daring repertoire, curiosity, and thoughtful
storytelling to the concert stage, with a gift for weaving together
contemporary works and classical favorites.
Her
performances are notable for bringing together technical excellence, artistry,
and her charismatic stage presence in unique and imaginative programs. Among
her recent successes are her sold-out Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall debut, reaching
#2 on the Billboard Traditional Classical chart, and performing the world
premieres of two new concertos on a single program.
A
fearless supporter for the music of our time, as well as works by female and
marginalized composers, Clare curates programs that
pair beloved composers of the past—such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude
Debussy, Robert and Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach—with living voices shaping
the future of classical music. She has commissioned more than 30 new works and performed
more than 250 world premieres, collaborating closely with composers to create
music that reflects the complexity and diversity of our time.
“[Clare Longendyke] demonstrated perfect control, sometimes
bending in so
Her
debut solo album, …of dreams unveiled, featured music by Claude Debussy, Amy
Williams, and Anthony R. Green, and hit #2 on the Billboard Traditional
Classical chart. It was praised as “a work of remarkable pianistic invention”
(The WholeNote), “delightfully daring,” and “a CD that
should not be missed” (EarRelevant). Released in
2024, the recording has been lauded by music critics across North America. Her
next album, scheduled for release in 2027, will include solo piano works by Amy
Beach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Sofia Gubaidulina.
Numerous
other albums on the Navona label feature Clare as a chamber musician, and an
upcoming recording of new solo piano works by living American composer David
Colson, performed by Clare, will be released on the Blue Griffin label.
Clare’s
2026-27 season features a robust schedule of recitals, chamber music, and
orchestral appearances, including performances in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Iowa and North Carolina. Her upcoming release of Alice Mary Smith’s
Concertino for piano and orchestra with the Missouri Symphony will be the World
Premiere recording, scheduled for release on the Azika
label. She will also serve on the faculty of the Third Coast Chamber Collective
in Minnesota in June 2026.
Highlights
of recent seasons include appearances with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra
(two world premieres of new piano concerti by South Bend area composers),
Symphony New Hampshire, the Danville Symphony (Illinois), and the Atlanta
Contemporary Music Collective; and recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital
Hall, The Schubert Club of Minnesota, University of Chicago Presents, Saugatuck
Center for the Arts (Michigan) and The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Twin
Cities). She has also appeared as a soloist with the Mankato Symphony,
Rochester Symphony, Symphonicity, and Oak Ridge
Symphony, and her playing has been featured on NPR’s Performance Today.
Clare
has lived and studied on both American coasts and abroad, earning degrees from
Boston University’s College of Fine Arts (BM) and the Indiana University Jacobs
School of Music (MM, DM). An ardent Francophile and fluent French speaker, she received
the Fulbright–Harriet Hale Woolley Award in the Arts to study at the École
Normale de Musique in Paris. She has served as Artist-in-Residence at the
University of Chicago and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,
and continues to engage deeply with communities as a performer,
educator, and advocate for equity on the classical concert stage.
Whether
from the stage or in conversation, Clare invites audiences into the heart of her
artistry—one that builds bridges between tradition and transformation and
brings the concert experience vividly to life.
Text
from http://www.clarelongendyke.com
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Last
update 10/30/2026
