Katherine Dowling
piano
Praised by the New York Times for her “crystalline performances, gestural expressiveness, and careful attention to color”, and by the Boston Globe for her “effortless incisiveness”, award-winning Canadian pianist Dr. Katherine Dowling performs across North America and Europe. Equally compelling as a solo, collaborative, and ensemble player, she holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University.
Dr. Dowling is familiar to audiences as a multi-year fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, a New Fromm Fellow, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, an International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove artist, through extensive involvement and numerous positions at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Orlando Festival, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Her performances have been broadcast on the CBC (Canada), Radio-Canada, BBC (United Kingdom), and National Radio 4 (Holland). Upcoming projects include her Vienna debut; a recital tour with violinist Kerry DuWors (Prairie Debut Inc.); and recording the piano works of Alice Ping-Yee Ho (Canada Council for the Arts, Explore & Create). In addition to her performing activities, Dr. Dowling is Assistant Professor of Piano Performance at the University of Regina.
