AMY BRIGGS
Pianist Amy Briggs has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of living composers, while also bringing a fresh perspective to music of the past. She recorded two volumes of David Rakowski’s Piano Etudes on Bridge Records to much critical acclaim. Based in Chicago, she is a featured soloist and chamber musician on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW series, where she has worked with composers such as Simon Bainbridge, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, David Lang, Tania Léon, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Augusta Read Thomas.
Briggs earned her doctor of musical arts in piano performance from Northwestern University and was a prizewinner in the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition and the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In 1993, she was selected by the United States Information Agency to tour Africa and South Asia as a United States Artistic Ambassador. She has performed with numerous Chicago ensembles including the Callisto Ensemble, Contempo, Chicago Pro Musica, the Chicago Chamber Musicians, Klang, and the Empyrean Ensemble.
Briggs’ recent performances include the Rock Hotel Piano Festival in New York City, the world premiere of Jeffrey Mumford’s new piano quintet with the Pacifica Quartet, a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, and solo recitals in the People’s Republic of China. Upcoming releases include a disc of tangos for solo piano, a concerto for piano and wind ensemble by George Flynn, and chamber music recordings of Conlon Nancarrow and Erik Oña.
