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On Feb. 9, acclaimed Australian pianist Sarah Grunstein,
assistant professor in the College’s music department,
performed the first of three recitals at Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Grunstein’s return to the famed
concert hall was a special event—she made her debut
there in 1984.
“Carnegie Hall is one of the most important places
to play in the world,” Grunstein says, “and Weill
Recital Hall is a remarkably beautiful concert hall.”
Currently on leave, Grunstein has been teaching at Holy
Cross for the past two years. A recipient of the Queen Elizabeth
II Silver Jubilee Award for Young Australians, Grunstein
is a Steinway Concert Artist. Throughout her career, she
has performed concerts in the United States, Austria, Hungary,
Italy and the United Kingdom. In Australia, she has appeared
as soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the State
Orchestra of Victoria, and the Melbourne Musicians.
Grunstein earned her doctor of musical arts degree from
the City University of New York and her bachelor and master
of music degrees from the Juilliard School, where she had
held a teaching fellowship for four years following graduation.
She also has taught at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan
School of Music, the City University of New York, Fordham
University, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Victorian
College of the Arts.
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