Jon Kimura Parker, Piano
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
8:00 pm
"Parker gave a performance that was so fresh, so scintillating and so technically dazzling that the only possible response was a standing ovation - one of the biggest ovations to ignite Benaroya Hall this season."
-Seattle Times
Known to everyone as "Jackie", Jon Kimura Parker is one of the world's leading classical pianists, playing as many as 100 concerts annually, everywhere from New York's Carnegie Hall to London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and even Tasmania and Zimbabwe. He has given two command performances for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, has recorded as guest soloist with Andre Previn and P.D.Q.Bach, jammed in an impromptu concert with Doc Severinsen and the original Tonight Show Orchestra, was profiled in the Japanese fashion magazine "Jiyu Jikan", and was a celebrity guest on the children's television program "Under the Umbrella Tree" on the Disney Channel. On New Year's Eve, 1995, Jon Kimura Parker traveled to Bosnia in an AmeriCares airlift and performed in Sarajevo in a concert which was covered by CNN and broadcast live in 59 countries.
Jon Kimura Parker's website: kimura.com