Piano Pinnacle Performs Gabriela Lena Frank’s Sonata Serrana at The Heinz Awards

Piano Pinnacle, the piano duo of Deborah Grimmett and Iman Habibi, will perform a movement from Gabriela Lena Frank’s Sonata Serrana No. 1 for piano four-hands at the 2020 Heinz Awards.

Gabriela Lena Frank, recipient of the 2020 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities, is known for creating brilliant compositions that weave the colors, sounds and mythology of Latin America into classical constructs.

Join us for a discussion and suite of performances with her as we chronicle Gabriela’s life and career through music, and explore her commitment to mentoring emerging composers and giving back to her community.

Gabriela will be joined by Dr. Eric Moe, Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as musicians Dawn Posey, Kelly Guerra, Eric Sedgwick, Iman Habibi and Deborah Grimmett.

Piano Pinnacle Performs Gabriela Lena Frank for Berkeley Symphony

Piano Pinnacle, the piano duo of Deborah Grimmett and Iman Habibi, will be performing Gabriela Lena Frank’s Sonata Serrana No. 1 for piano four hands at Berkeley Symphony‘s virtual series, Joseph Young & Friends.

The episode, entitled Made in Berkeley, will air on October 30, 2020 at 5pm PDT, but will be available for viewing afterwards on Berkeley Symphony’s Youtube channel.

Piano Pinnacle at Guelph Connections Concert Series

Piano Pinnacle, the piano duo of Deborah Grimmett and Iman Habibi, will be presenting a full-length recital at Guelph Connections Concert Series in Guelph, ON, featuring works by Mel Bonis, Antonín Dvořák, Francis Poulenc, Franz Schubert, and Erwin Schulhoff.