Mozart’s Piano Sonata #11 in A major, K. 331 was likely composed in Vienna or Salzburg by around 1783, although Paris and dates as far back as 1778 have also been suggested.
Simone Dinnerstein was trained at the Juilliard School of Music. Her performances are notable in that every note, pause, and dynamic is filled with emotion and intentionality.
In 2005, she blazed her own trail by self-financing her critically acclaimed debut in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Then, in 2007, she self-financed her recording of J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard classical charts.
Here she is in a performance of Mozart’s Sonata #11: