THE ART OF DEFIANCE

Pianist Paige Molloy has been described by The New York Times as “a lucid and passionate performer.” The Wall Street Journal applauded her WNYC Around New York radio performance as “marvelously sensitive playing…the essence of every interlocking and tiny gesture came through.”

Born in East Texas, Paige made her orchestral debut at the age of thirteen at Baylor University, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Since then she has been soloist with the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, East Texas Symphony, Rice University Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Flagstaff Festival Orchestra, and Leopoldinum Orchestra in Poland, among others.

Paige has performed frequently in NYC at Bargemusic, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, and Miller Theatre. She was Artist-in-Residence at NYC’s Lotus Club. Recital appearances include Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ottawa, Houston, Miami, Pittsburgh, Prague, and Paris.

Paige has participated in many music festivals such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, Aspen, Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon, European Mozart Academy, and Mecklenberg, Germany. She has collaborated in chamber music concerts with Augustin Hadelich, James Ehnes, Karen Gomyo, Toby Hoffman, Cynthia Phelps, Clive Greensmith, David Sawyer, and Charles Neidich, to name a few.

In 1999, Paige had the distinct honor of playing Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations for Twyla Tharp’s ballet, Diabelli, which premiered in Palermo, Italy and continued performances in Europe and the U.S. She subsequently performed Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata with Ms. Tharp’s company at Duke University.

Paige has Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School. Her beloved teachers were Peter Serkin, Leon Fleisher, Maurizio Pollini, Abbey Simon, and Mary Norris.

Since 2016, she has had the privilege to perform at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and is currently a faculty member of the SCMS Academy. Paige also plays regularly with members of the Seattle Symphony. A newly released CD in 2022 features Paige and principal oboist of Seattle Symphony, Mary Lynch VanderKolk, performing works of Christopher Nickel.

Paige also teaches privately in Seattle, and otherwise enjoys skiing, hiking, biking, and being a mom to two teenage daughters and a few kitties.