PATRICIA ALBERTI
performing artists management
PIANAFIDDLE
FROM BACH TO RAGTIME TO BLUEGRASS
... WHAT A DUO!
Irish Heritage Foundation – “Outstanding Innovation Award”
Performances at New York’s Lincoln Center (twice)
The Chautauqua Institute (three times)
Appearances on PBS and NPR
“These guys are GOOD! From Bach to ragtime to
bluegrass, they play with energy and musicality and
a loving attention to detail that makes you a believer
no matter what the genre is.”
Seth Williamson,
National Public Radio
“Pianafiddle played on, crossing lines of stereotype
and musical prejudice to bring us an evening of
uncategorically good music. Imagine the clarity of
classical performance, the spontaneous moment of
jazz and warmth of a familiar tune all together and
you have Pianafiddle.”
Dr. Tim Mainland, Composer,
Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts,
Concord University, Athens WV
“Yesterday I attended the Pianafiddle Concert at PVCC
in Charlottesville. It was a most remarkable, awesome
and phenomenal experience.”
Christian Allison, Troy, VA
Is it bluegrass? Is it jazz? Is it classical, old time ragtime, blues, Celtic or klezmer? If Pianafiddle is performing the answer is YES! “If we like it we play it,” and since they have a healthy appreciation for good music, no matter the style, their programs transcend musical genre. Beginning only with a familiar tune, pianist Lynn Wright and violinist/fiddler Adam DeGraff improvise as they go, blending the traditional, the unwritten and the spontaneous in compelling performances that get toes tapping and hands clapping.
How these two very different musicians ended up together in the first place is a mystery, even to them. Lynn has enjoyed a ten-year stint as the resident ragtime pianist at the world-famous Silver Dollar Saloon in Jackson, Wyoming. Adam is a classically trained orchestral violinist and chamber musician, having served most recently a five-season tenure with The Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Virginia. Their separate paths led them both to West Virginia in 2003, where each recognized in the other a complementary talent: soulful, spontaneous, improvisational piano playing by Wright, technically superb and emotionally powerful violin playing by DeGraff.
With countless performances, three CDs and a full-length concert DVD to their credit, Pianafiddle continues to engross its fans with traditionally grounded yet spontaneous musical creations that unfold onstage… different every time. Adam and Lynn love performing, improvising and playing off one another. They agree that musical boundaries are meant to be crossed!