Bethany Pietroniro, piano
Music of J.S. Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich, Caroline Shaw, and Johannes Brahms.
Full program to be announced.
This concert is made possible, in part, with the generous support of Lorella Brocklesby
Pianist Bethany Pietroniro is guided by a conviction that music can be a medium for community, healing, and lasting meaning in a fluctuating world. She frequently joins musical colleagues in the creation of distinctive programs that expand the traditional concert experience.
A devotee of chamber music and song in many genres, Bethany holds equal reverence for the established canon, the overlooked corners of classical literature, and living composers who are writing it forward. To this end, she has performed the world premiere of Bebop Riddle II for cello and piano by American composer Augusta Read Thomas at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Louise Farrenc’s sextet for piano and winds at Concerts in the Village, and Martin Bresnick’s Caprichos Enfáticos for percussion quartet and piano with the Evolution Contemporary Music Series. Larger ensemble appearances include the Tanglewood Music Center, the Bach Institute at Emmanuel Music, and The Orchestra Now.
A recent program with Seattle’s Sound Salon series brought together repertoire for voice, flute, cello, and piano by Maurice Ravel, Nadia and Lili Boulanger, and Robert and Clara Schumann under the theme of healing through music. In summer 2026, Bethany joined Hogfish Regenerative Arts in Portland, Maine as a pianist in residence for the premiere of Wholly Unwinding: a piece that explores themes of disability and embodiment through the composer’s lived experience.