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Dianne Chilgren
Dianne Chilgren Piano Soloist, Polyphonia
Dianne Chilgren received her Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy and Performers Certificate from Eastman School of Music and her Master's Degree in Music from Indiana University.She has been Company Pianist since 1985 and performs piano solo work in PNB ballets such as Ballet Imperial, Lento, Quick Time, Intermezzo, In the Night, Dual Lish, Tarantella Pas de Deux, The Piano Dance and Rubies.Ms. Chilgren has appeared as piano soloist and chamber player with major orchestras in London, Madrid, Geneva, Monte Carlo, San Francisco, and New York City.She received critical acclaim for recitals at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and was piano soloist with New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine.Ms. Chilgren recorded the piano soundtracks for (silent) dance films of George Balanchine's choreography transferred to video for the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library.