Luba Sindler, Artistic Director

LUBA SINDLER is a pianist of brilliant virtuosity, graceful elegance, and powerful presentation. Her performances have found enthusiastic audiences in many countries on three continents. A musician of great versatility, she has amassed an enormous repertoire and expertise, having appeared in Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Wigmore Hall in London, among other places.

Luba Sindler was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory, graduating with a doctoral degree in piano and chamber music. She later taught at the same institution while maintaining an active performance schedule. Having moved to the United States in 1987, she continued concertizing extensively both as a soloist and as a chamber artist. Ms. Sindler participated in major music festivals and was twice a guest artist at the Holland Music Sessions in the Netherlands. In 1993, she returned to Russia for sold-out performances in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Luba Sindler received her second doctoral degree in piano performance from Rutgers University in 1995 and served on the faculty of San Jose State and Rutgers Universities. She has presented her pedagogical research findings at major national conventions and continues her active consulting in this area. Dr.Sindler is an internationally recognized lecturer and clinician in the areas of chamber music and piano technique.

Luba Sindler founded and for seven years coordinated the Music Heritage Series in Princeton, New Jersey notable for a unique concept and creative programming. She also co-founded and coordinated Sundays of Note Series in San Jose, CA as well as set up the chamber music program at Westminster Conservatory. Her chamber music CD was released in 1995 on the Chatsworth label in England. and  first solo CD, containing works by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, and Prokofiev, was released in January 1999. Her next CD will feature the nineteenth century lesser-known virtuosic piano transcriptions.

Testimonials:

".Of the two [performers] Sindler shone much the brighter-each song she played was endowed with its own specific character, and here was a pianist who did not shrink from exerting musical pressure on the singer where such was musically necessarily.  On these occasions, Sindler was invariable right." 

Michael Redmond, The Star Ledger, New Jersey

 ".this dark night of the Russian soul, a harrowing hint of menace present in asperous colorings of the uncompromising phrasing and the unflinching pianism of Luba Sindler." 

Christopher Morley, The Birmingham Post, England

"At every point she had a marvelous partner in Luba Sindler.  The way they handled their De Falla encore showed that they are not just virtuosos, but superb musicians." 

Peter Paul Fuchs, The Washington Post

"a stunning performance of Schnittke's piano quintet by Luba Sindler." 

The Star Ledger, New Jersey

"The greatest surprise of the evening was the performance of pianist Luba Sindler. She is a great musician and a sensitive chamber player.  Her piano sound is magnificently voluminous, but never overwhelming.  Her many and varied colors create tremendously picturesque images." 

Musical Life, St. Petersburg

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