August 26th: Helen von Ammon Emerging Artist Series Features Pianist, Hyperion Knight. 

A native of California, pianist Hyperion Knight, is a soloist and recording artist, whose performances are known for both their artistic breadth and personal flair.  He will be performing as part of our special August is Piano Month programming. 

Hyperion Knight made his New York City orchestral debut with the Jupiter Symphony, playing Saint-Saëns rarely heard Piano Concerto #1. Other recent guest soloist appearances include the Cleveland Philharmonic, Kansas City Philharmonia, Maui Pops Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Long Beach, New Jersey, New Mexico, Santa Fe and Utah. December 2006 heard his debut recital tour of Japan, performing in Tokyo, Nagoya and Sapporo. Drawing on his extensive repertoire of both popular standards and serious classics, Mr. Knight has also appeared as a featured entertainer at Manhattan’s famed Rainbow Room and the elegant Essex House.

Hyperion Knight graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at the age of 19. Three years later, he had earned both a Master’s and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music, which honored him with its Arthur Loesser Award upon graduation. He subsequently moved to New York City for private studies with members of the faculty of The Juilliard School. Among his teachers are Paul Schenly, Eunice Podis and Jerome Lowenthal.

Hyperion Knight is acclaimed for the diversity of his repertoire and recordings, ranging from Beethoven to Stravinsky and Gershwin to the Beatles. Stereophile magazine called his Gershwin by Knight album “a recording that could almost serve as a primer for the qualities of rhythmic and dynamic grace,” while his recording of romantic piano transcriptions, The Magnificent Steinway, was welcomed as “one of the most enjoyable CD’s of recent years” by CD Review. Mr. Knight has also recently made his conducting debut on Rhapsody, an album of Gershwin works for piano and orchestra.