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Noted for “an extraordinary range of colour” (Montreal Gazette) and “ardent lyricism” (Gramophone), pianist Francine Kay is acclaimed for the beauty, intensity, and depth of her interpretations.
Since making her debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall as winner of the Pro Piano Competition, Francine Kay has been a regular guest at international festivals such as the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Music Mountain, the Nowy Sącz International Music Festival (Poland), the Chopin Festival in Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic), and the Zodiac Academy and Festival (France).
Ms. Kay has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall, the Lincoln Center’s Rose Studio, Salle Gaveau in Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. She has also appeared on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts and the Bargemusic series in New York City, and she has been a soloist with orchestras across Canada and the United States.
Francine Kay’s JUNO-nominated Debussy CD was chosen as Disc of the Month by the German publication Fono Forum, which commended her “astonishing grace and floating sonorities.”
Gramophone writes of Ms. Kay’s 2023 release Things Lived and Dreamt (Analekta) “idiomatic and imaginative…. impassioned”, with Le Devoir declaring the album “gripping”… “splendid”…and “rare sonic magic”.
Her performances can be heard frequently on CBC, NPR, the BBC, Radio France, the EBU, SiriusXM’s “Symphony Hall”, Chicago’s WMFT network, and Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ.
Francine Kay is a faculty member of the Princeton University Music Department.