Charisse Baldoria
Pianist, Composer
Philippine-born pianist Charisse Baldoria fuses Western pianism with her Southeast Asian and Hispanic heritage and integrates various art forms into a concert experience.
From Godowsky's Java Suite for solo piano, to Lou Harrison's chamber music combined with the Ramayana epic in dance against a video backdrop, to composing art songs inspired by female poets, Charisse's programs are virtuosic, unique, and engaging.
Check out the site of this international prize-winning artist.
Music
Latest Releases
Gamelan on Piano
"Rarely has the piano’s staggering range of sonic texture been so aptly explored as pianist Charisse Baldoria does on this most unique project." (Morning Call)
"Impressive, sensitive performances…" (Fanfare)
Inspired by the gong-chime music of Indonesia and the Philippines, this album features works for solo piano and chamber music by composers from Europe, North America, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Includes the music of Debussy, Godowsky, Lou Harrison, Colin McPhee, Gareth Farr, and the world premiere recording of Philippine National Artist Ramon P. Santos' Gong-An suite (world premiere).
Evocación
"…Her playing of standard works is equal to that of the artists who have preceded her…" (Fanfare)
"Like Yuja Wang, Baldoria is petite but possessed of a strong, confident technique…" (Fanfare)
Evocación is a summoning of passion, memory, and the imagination. From Falla's flamenco fantasy to Piazzolla's intoxicating tangos, from Albéniz' virtuoso portraits of Spain to Scarlatti and Buencamino's Spanish and Argentine transformations, this album of dance and song seeks to evoke time and place, memory and experience--both real and imagined.
Live Performances
Bio
A prizewinner of international competitions and former Fulbright scholar from the Philippines, pianist Charisse Baldoria has performed on five continents, establishing a career as a pianist with multidisciplinary interests.
Events
Sun, Apr 19St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Mon, Apr 06Gorrell Recital Hall, Indiana University
Sun, Apr 05Cogswell Hall, Indiana University
Sat, Apr 04Haas Center for the Performing ArtsApr 04, 2020, 7:30 PM EDTHaas Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, USACharisse will be the soloist for Beethoven's Fantasy for piano, vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 80. Considered a forerunner of the ninth symphony, it also has concerto-like effects and showcases improvisatory bravura style prefiguring Liszt. [CANCELED due to the Coronavirus]
Sat, Mar 28Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry HallMar 28, 2020, 3:15 PM PDTCornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, 710 E Roy St, Seattle, WA 98102, USADr. Baldoria will present a paper on virtuoso pianist-composer's Leopold Godowky's time in Asia in the 1920s, titled "Godowsky in Asia: Concerts in Japan, China, and Colonial Southeast Asia." [CANCELED due to the Coronavirus]
Sat, Mar 28Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall
Thu, Mar 26University of Puget Sound Music Building
Thu, Nov 14Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College
Thu, Oct 17Shea Center for the Performing Arts
Sun, Sep 29Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Photography
Charisse's wanderlust, passion for culture, love of nature, and penchant for freezing moments into still images led to cultivating a photography hobby over the decades. Learning from a fully manual Canon F-1 SLR, she worked with slide, color, and black-and-white film before turning digital. The following are samples of her digital endeavors. Please check back for more.
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