Natasha Paremski, pianist/photo credit: Andrea Joynt
Quick post to say that pianist Natasha Paremski, the heroine who got the call with less than 48 hours notice to step in for the indisposed Yefim Bronfman, is playing the youthful Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 splendidly. When I asked Paremski what her reaction was when she got the call to play last-minute, she was actually enthusiastic. Her agent broke the news to her at the end of an hour-long conference call. (Maybe it was one of those “Yay Team! rah-rah” call, leading up to the news?) Paremski showed up at the Schnitzer hall ready to rehearse with conductor Rossen Milanov, and the Oregon Symphony Friday morning.
If her name sounds familiar, it’s because Paremski performed her Oregon Symphony debut last April with the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in April, with last-minute conductor replacement Michael Francis.
This weekend’s concert information is here.
