2007 Gina Bachauer International
Piano Foundation Concert Series

Jason Hardink

Pianist Jason Hardink holds the position of Principal Symphony Keyboard/Opera Rehearsal Accompanist at the Utah Symphony and Opera. A native of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Jason graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying piano with Sanford Margolis. His other principal teachers have included Robert Boberg and Maria Clodes-Jaguaribe. He went on to receive his Master of Music in piano performance from Rice University, where he was awarded the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement in Music. He has recently completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a student of Brian Connelly, also at Rice. He has been awarded fellowships at Aspen Music Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, as well as from the Brown Foundation in Houston. He has performed several concerti with the Utah Symphony, including Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Opus 19, and Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 in E-flat.

Jason is much sought after as a chamber musician. In addition to his work with local series such as NOVA and Intermezzo, he has appeared at the Grand Teton Music Festival, Music on the Hill, and the Cascade Head Chamber Music Festival. Recently, he performed recitals in Norway with Norwegian violinist Tor Johan Bøen featuring the music of Grieg performed on an 1865 Blüthner piano and Hardanger fiddle. A strong advocate for new music, he served as the pianist for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble for three seasons. During this time hepremiered over 15 works by composers such as Thomas Osborne, Daniel Kellogg, Vache Sharafyan, Pierre Jalbert, and Stefan Freund, and was featured in Curtis Curtis-Smith’s Rhapsodies for bowed piano, as well as Jason Eckardt’s wildly virtuosic concerto A Glimpse Retraced. In Salt Lake City he performs with the Canyonlands New Music Ensemble. Upcoming performances include Olivier Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles… with the Utah Symphony in April.

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