Pianist Liana Paniyeva at Sevenars

Outstanding young Ukrainian-born pianist Liana Paniyeva returns to Sevenars after a recital that left critic Michael Moran (inthespotlightinc.org) rhapsodizing: "With technical mastery to spare, a deep feeling for the grand Romantic tradition of piano playing, and a modest, all-business stage manner that focuses on the music rather than personal display, Liana Paniyeva has all the makings of a major solo career." Since then, Ms. Paniyeva has had a busy year of concertizing and will bring to Sevenars a stunning program of Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Ravel's Sonatine, works of Brahms, Gershwin, and more. She has won prizes in numerous competitions internationally (Gershwin International Competition in 2019, Grand Prize at the Metropolitan International Piano Competition, International Competitions in Memory of Gilels, Prokofiev, and Karamanov, the Scottish International Piano Competition, and most recently the 2021 American Prize), and she has performed at festivals in Europe, Canada, South Africa, Israel, and throughout the US.  She has given performances at Carnegie Hall, Mechanics Hall, and on the famed Myra Hess series in Chicago and has drawn praise wherever she goes.