Anne-Marie McDermott

American pianist Anne-Marie McDermott may not have the name recognition of Martha Argerich or Lang Lang, but a growing number of both critics and concertgoers regard her as a top-flight virtuoso with a superior interpretive sense who clearly deserves to be in their company. She plays a broad range of repertory, from Baroque to contemporary, including works by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Prokofiev. But she has also delved into riskier fare by contemporary composers Charles Wuorinen, Aaron Jay Kernis, Stephen Hartk...