Pianist Sara Daneshpour’s Philadelphia recital debut sets bells ringing

Pianist Sara Daneshpour’s Philadelphia recital debut sets bells ringing

Pianist Sara Daneshpour’s Philadelphia recital debut sets bells ringing

Pianist Sara Daneshpour played at Trinity Center for Urban Life. Bell tones rang in her interpretations of Granados, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
Pianist Sara Daneshpour played at Trinity Center for Urban Life. Bell tones rang in her interpretations of Granados, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
GALLERY: Pianist Sara Daneshpour played at Trinity Center for Urban…

The order of things matters in a recital, or at least it can. Programs are essentially a portrait of the artist, and Sunday afternoon at the Trinity Center for Urban Life, pianist Sara Daneshpour proved a canny attendant to her image. Each piece was more convincing than the last, until a Scarlatti sonata as encore revealed yet another aspect of her formidable visage.