Piano
Telephone: 617-552-8720
Email: eleanor.perrone@bc.edu
Individual Instrumental Lessons: Piano
Eleanor Perrone (piano)听has concertized in Brazil and Europe, performing in Sao Paolo, Campinas, Brussels,听German-American听Institutes at Kiel, Saarbrucken and Heidelberg, and the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, Yehudi听Wyner听and Stephen Hartke. Other solo and chamber music engagements include听Caramoor听Festival,听Merkin听Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Courthouse Center for the Arts,听LiveArts听concert series, and Oracle Piano Society series. Concerto engagements have included the Boston Pops,听Orquestra听Sinfonica听de听Campinas听and the Billings Symphony. Her performance of Rhapsody in Blue with the Billings Symphony elicited the following from the Billings Outpost; "鈥s. Perrone performed with passion and perfection...". 听 Ms. Perrone received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Boston University and has studied with Patricia Zander, Anthony di Bonaventura, Bela听Boszormenyi-Nagy, and Leonard Eisner. Former piano faculty of the Longy School of Music, she also served as Associate Chair and Chair of piano in Community Programs from 2005-2010. She teaches privately and听is听also on the听piano and chamber music听faculty听of the Rivers School Conservatory. 听 She has recorded Beethoven Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles for solo piano, and Vivaldi Six Sonatas for Cello and Piano withAshima听Scripp. Please visit:听听to learn more.
Hailed a "Virtuosic Storyteller" by the Kieler Nachtrichten, Eleanor Perrone's performances have consistently elicited rousing ovations in response to her electric energy and sonic beauty. The Boston Globe states, "Perrone is a pianist who makes you listen."
As soloist with the Boston Pops under Harry Ellis Dickson in Symphony Hall, she brought the audience to its feet and was invited back for several performances.听听A concert tour in Brazil brought her to S茫o Paolo and Campinas, where she performed Ravel鈥檚 Concerto in G with Benito Juarez of the Orquestra Sinfonica de Campinas听听as well as giving solo recitals and master classes at Unicamp and City University of S茫o Paolo.听听Her performance of Rhapsody in Blue with the Billings Symphony elicited the following from the Billings Outpost; "鈥s. Perrone performed with passion and perfection...".听听听Other concerto engagements have included the Merrimack Valley Symphony Orchestra, Thayer Symphony, and with the Brookline Symphony, the Boston premiere of the Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto.听听
As part of a concert tour in Europe, Ms. Perrone performed at the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, Yehudi Wyner and Stephen Hartke.听听Other solo and chamber music engagements have included Caramoor Festival, Arts in the Village, Concerts at the Point, Oracle Piano Society, and LiveArts concert series, as well as faculty series at The Rivers School Conservatory and The Longy School of Music.听听Ms. Perrone enjoys speaking to the audience about her programs as a way of drawing in the audience and breaking down some of the barriers between artist and audience.听 听
Trained at the Juilliard School and Boston University, she holds a Master of Music degree from Boston University and has studied with Patricia Zander, Anthony di Bonaventura, Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy, and Leonard Eisner.听听Former piano faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, Perrone also served as Associate Chair and Chair of piano in their Community Programs division from 2005-2010.听听听听She is on the piano faculty of the Rivers School Conservatory, Weston MA, and maintains a private studio in Watertown, MA.听 听
Ms. Perrone has recorded Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and Bagatelles, Op. 126, and the听听Vivaldi Cello Sonatas, with cellist Ashima Scripp - available on Amazon.听听For more information, please visit听