Pianist Carolyn Enger Performs Resonating Earth, including Habibi’s in the brittle quietude – Watchung, NJ

Carolyn Enger present Resonating Earth. From the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to coal burning plants in the Ruhr Valley of Germany, from the glorious heights of mountain ranges in Alaska to mountains of potassium waste in Eastern Germany, Resonating Earth was created in response to the climate crisis. A stylistically fluid creation with a wide range of ambient music, including Bach, Nico Muhly, Pia Møller Johansen, Missy Mazzoli, Philip Glass, Marcos Balter, Iman Habibi and Caroline Shaw; alongside stunning imagery of the environment by Peabody Award-winning producer Elliott Forrest(WQXR), visual artist Myles Aronowitz, environmental artists Mary Edna Fraser, Sheryl Intrator and internationally-exhibited environmental activist and 2025 CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year J Henry Fair. Resonating Earth creates a soundscape focusing on the beauty in our environment and inspires environmental activism in an artistic, musically immersive way.

Resonating Earth seeks to transport listeners to a still, meditative space, allowing them to decompress from their daily lives, and invites introspection about humanity’s place on the planet, inspiring action to protect our beautiful, fragile world.

Internationally celebrated American pianist Carolyn Enger has gained critical acclaim for her exquisite lyrical playing and her deeply felt interpretations. Ms. Enger maintains an active touring schedule across two continents. She has performed at well known venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., The National Gallery in Oslo, The Portuguese Synagogue‘s Candlelight Concert series in Amsterdam, the Bach-Festival in Arnstadt, the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław, Poland and Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Recent highlights include The Bruce Museum, Noontime Concerts and Starr King Way Performance Series in San Francisco, among others. In addition to an active performance schedule, Ms. Enger has enjoyed remarkable success as a recording artist: The New York Times selected her Naxos recording of intimate Ned Rorem miniatures, Piano Album I & Six Friends, as one of the newspaper’s “Best In Classical Recordings”, writing “Among the 90th birthday tributes this year to the essential American composer Ned Rorem, this recording especially stands out,” while Gramophone declared, “Enger raises the miniatures to a higher level.” The recording was “Album of the Week” on Sirius XM’s Symphony Hall and was featured on their program Living American. Her recording Resonating Earth (2024) was released to glowing praise: “a thoughtful programme…enthralling” (Nigel Simone, International Piano), “lovingly performed…a beautiful, meaningful recital” (Steve Smith, Night After Night), “sensitively performed and intelligently curated” (Frances Wilson, Interlude), and has been streamed over 500,000 times on Apple Music. Her latest recording American Ethos was released in May 2026 and was a featured New Classical Release on Spotify, Apple Music Classical, Presto Music and the Idagio streaming platforms.