# Sally Pinkas

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{{Infobox person
| name               = Sally Pinkas
| native_name        = סאלי פנקס
| native_name_lang   = he
| image              = American classical pianist duo, Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch - Indonesia (46364613964).jpg
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| birth_place        = [Tel Aviv, Israel](/source/Tel_Aviv%2C_Israel)
| education          = [Brandeis University](/source/Brandeis_University) {{small|([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))}}<br>[Indiana University School of Music](/source/Indiana_University_School_of_Music) {{small|([MM](/source/Master_of_Music))}} <br>[New England Conservatory of Music](/source/New_England_Conservatory_of_Music) <br> [Brandeis University](/source/Brandeis_University) {{small|([PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))}}
| occupation         = Pianist, <br> Professor of Music, [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) <br> Pianist-in-residence, [Hopkins Center for the Arts](/source/Hopkins_Center_for_the_Arts)
| spouse             = Evan Hirsch
}}

'''Sally Pinkas''' ({{Langx|he|סאלי פנקס}}) is a pianist, born and raised in Israel.<ref name="is"/> She is Professor of Music at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in [Hanover, New Hampshire](/source/Hanover%2C_New_Hampshire), and pianist-in-residence of the [Hopkins Center for the Arts](/source/Hopkins_Center_for_the_Arts) at Dartmouth.

==Early life and education==
Pinkas moved to the United States as a teenager to study piano. She studied at [Indiana University School of Music](/source/Indiana_University_School_of_Music) and the [New England Conservatory of Music](/source/New_England_Conservatory_of_Music),<ref name="is">{{cite web |last1=Winham |first1=Veronica |title=Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch join forces for a lively piano concert |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/10/sally-pinkas-and-evan-hirsch-join-forces-for-a-lively-piano-concert |website=The Dartmouth |publisher=Dartmouth University |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> and earned her Ph.D. in Composition and Theory from [Brandeis University](/source/Brandeis_University).<ref name="AutoVV-1">{{cite web|title=Sally Pinkas|date=2 April 2013 |url=https://music.dartmouth.edu/people/sally-pinkas|publisher=Department of Music, Dartmouth|language=en|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> She made her debut in London in 1983.

==Career==
Her principal teachers were [Russell Sherman](/source/Russell_Sherman), George Sebok, Luise Vosgerchian, Genia Bar-Niv and [Rami Bar-Niv](/source/Rami_Bar-Niv) (piano), [Sergiu Natra](/source/Sergiu_Natra) (composition), and Robert Koff (chamber music).<ref name="AutoVV-1"/>

She explores contemporary music as well as the traditional repertoire, including chamber music. She performs with her husband Evan Hirsch as the Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo. Pinkas has released a number of solo and duo recordings. Her recording of [Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9)'s ''Thirteen Nocturnes'' was named one of the 2002's best CDs by ''[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe).'' American composers [Daniel Pinkham](/source/Daniel_Pinkham) and [George Rochberg](/source/George_Rochberg) wrote duo piano works for the Hirsch-Pinkas Duo.<ref name="Sally4">{{cite web|title=Sally Pinkas, Pianist|url=http://www.sallypinkas.org/|publisher=Sally Pinkas website|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>

''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'' noted her “exquisite performance” in her “superlatively well-played” recording of [Harold Shapero](/source/Harold_Shapero)’s Piano Music, released on the UK label [Toccata Classics](/source/Toccata_Classics).<ref name="Sally5">{{cite news|last5=Pinkas|first5=Sally|title=A Celebrated Unknown|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-celebrated-unknown-1421374986|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 January 2015 |publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hirsch-pinkas.org/ Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo website]
*[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~music/faculty/ Dartmouth Music Department faculty website]
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