"On Sunday, August 9th, 2009, I was invited to a piano recital in Wellfleet, Ma., to hear pianist Diana Fanning.

I have been completely involved in the music world as a performer and teacher for many years. Rarely have I had the great pleasure of hearing an artist of this caliber. This pianist, who combines technical skill along with unusual sensitivity of musical expression, provided me with a recital which will remain in my memory."
- Bernard Greenhouse
  founding cellist, Beaux Arts Trio

"Diana Fanning, among so many talented great pianists of our time, has a rare quality, which I do admire. The fact that she does not take for granted the "built in" tone quality of the instrument; but as Marie Jaël, the extraordinaire great French pianist of the 19th century, she works on her touché as an impressionist would use his palette to produce different atmospheres and moods through beautiful sounds: this quality should be noticed in our epoch, in which speed, volume and technical abilities prime above interpreting music."
- Louis Moyse

"Diana Fanning is a brilliant pianist; a natural born musician."
- H.C. Robbins Landon

"Miss Fanning projected interpretations of strength and impact."
- The New York Times

Pianist Diana Fanning has performed throughout the U.S. and in Austria, Holland, England, France, Germany and Switzerland as a soloist; as the pianist in the Davydov-Fanning Duo with the outstanding Dutch cellist Dieuwke Davydov; as a guest artist with chamber ensembles, including the Takacs Quartet, the Alexander Quartet, and the Ruggieri Chamber Soloists; and as a concerto soloist with orchestras. Her most recent concerts have been in Paris and Munich, at the Schloss Leopoldskron (the "Sound of Music" castle) in Salzburg, Austria; as the guest artist in Schumann's Piano Quintet with the Takacs Quartet; as the concerto soloist in a series of concerts with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, as well as in the debut concert of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra; and as a soloist at the White Mountains Bach Festival. Diana Fanning's CD of works by Janacek, Chopin, and Debussy has been enthusiastically reviewed in England and in the U.S.

    For the current season, Diana Fanning will perform solo recitals throughout Vermont and New Hampshire; in Greenwich, CT; in Bolton Landing, NY; in Munich, Germany; and in Paris, France. Her program includes Schumann's wildly imaginative and autobiographical masterpiece Davidsbundlertanze; Debussy's enchantingly evocative Estampes; the deeply affecting Sonata 1.X.1905 by Janacek; and Mozart's beloved Fantasy in D Minor.

    Diana Fanning and Dieuwke Davydov embark on their fifth concert tour of Europe in Spring 2007. The Davydov-Fanning Duo was formed in 1976 and offers concert programs of tremendous variety and interest. The Duo's current tour program includes Sonatas by Brahms, Debussy and Henriette Bosmans; Martinu's Variations on a Slovak Folksong and Janacek's Pohadka.

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    S i n c e r e l y ,
    D i a n a  F a n n i n g
    M i d d l e b u r y ,  V T
 

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W h a t ' s   N e w :

Read two outstanding reviews of Diana Fanning's Munich concert in April 2006.

Order Diana Fanning's CD of works by Janacek, Chopin, and Debussy

Announcing a new CD by the Davydov-Fanning Duo