reviews
selected quotes

"Amy Briggs Dissanayake offers elegant, precisely shaded accounts of Ms. Thomas's attractive Piano Etudes, presented in three contrasting, interrelated pairs."
New York Times

“Brilliant Chicago pianist Amy Dissanayake dispatches them with a kind of elegant ferocity that takes your breath away.”
Chicago Tribune

“Amy Dissanayake does a splendid job projecting the music's wit, and her unflappable virtuosity makes even the densest writing sound effortless.”
Classics Today

“Expertly performed by Amy Dissanayake, an intrepid pianist…clearly more than at home in Rakowski’s welter of demands.”
Gramophone Magazine

“Dissanayake plays…with great aplomb and musicality”
American Record Guide

“Amy Dissanayake, a protégé of Ursula Oppens, brings fire and beauty to this fascinating material”
Fanfare Magazine

“…ferociously talented pianist…”
Chicago Sun-Times

“…dashing virtuosity…”
Chicago Tribune

“Dissanayake…was extraordinary in [her] mastery of what lay on the dense, printed page, and beyond.”
Chicago Tribune

“…une versione ascetique et sensuelle…”
La Republique du Centre, Orleans, France

“Her youthful exuberance, technical excellence, and an obvious joy in sharing her considerable artistry with others, combined to produce performances of great quality.”
United States Information Service

“...technical and artistic mastery...”
The Times of India

“Tres eclectique...une pianiste virtuose...”
Midi Madagasikara, Antananarivo

 

New York Times Berio Review

I played Luciano Berio's Sequenza IV on a complete performance of the Sequenzas at Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Saturday February 2, 2008. The concert was part of the New York Philharmonic Day of Berio.  Read the review in the New York Times here!

Tango Project

I have recently recorded a CD of 22 solo piano tangos from the 20th and 21st century, to be released soon. Stay tuned for details. 

Davytudes Volume 3

I will be recording a new volume of David Rakowski's fabulous piano etudes next spring. This disc, which will feature etudes from Books V, VI and VII, will be released on Bridge Records during the '08-'09 season.