ABOUT
Pianist Thomas Labé enjoys a multifaceted career as a pianist, recording artist, scholar, author and educator. Performing, presenting and teaching have taken him to all seven continents. A prizewinner in numerous international piano competitions, his Carnegie Hall debut in 1987 was singled out by The New York Times
as “the most interesting among the week’s debutants.” He has also been praised by the same publication for “moments of great beauty between thunderous outbursts.” A subsequent New York appearance caused The New York Post
to run the headline “A Pianist of Virtuoso Caliber” over an exuberant review.
His engagements have included appearances as soloist with numerous ensembles including the Chattanoo-ga and Houston Symphony Orchestras (as First Prize winner of the Ima Hogg/Houston Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition) and in recitals in such prestigious venues as Chicago’s Ravinia Festival and Dame Myra Hess concert series, the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (Troy, New York), at Washington University in St. Louis, the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany, HKS Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, the International Piano Festival Monterrey, Mexico and in Hyderabad, India. He also had the distinct honor of being invited by world famous pianist Alexis Weissenberg to premiere and record Weissenberg’s original two piano ac-companied score for the surrealistic musical Nostalgie. The work was premiered at the Staatstheater Darm-stadt, heard again at Midem classique
in Cannes, France and recorded for the Arkadia label. More
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