Eleonor Bindman

“Eleonor Bindman’s arrangement is outstanding…Bindman and Jenny Lin really lean in to this freedom, swinging when Bach allows, and never staid or boring when things get more thoughtful or academic. … Though she may have started with purely pedagogical reasons for bringing this music to four hands and a piano keyboard… Bindman and Lin are obviously having too much fun here for it to be just that. And that makes it even more pleasurable for us to listen to.”

Bindman’s playing was at once languid and lyrical, as in the Prelude, and then powerful and moody, as in the Musical Moments. Even the silences were rich with emotion. … Bindman’s playing is art, practiced for years, until it finally becomes internalized, a natural part of the performer. It is true that hearing Bindman play is like hearing a nightingale sing, but what she plays is not the mindless instinctive song of a bird, but the expression of the heart and mind and soul of a human being.”

Ms. Bindman received a tremendous response from the audience as she returned for three curtain calls.”

…a strong pianist who attacks her work with great vitality and emotion. She is extremely expressive and mesmerizes her audience with her flair and technique.”

In Bach’s Partita #6 , her staccato bass lines and singing treble made for a reading that was lively, clear-textured and urbane, with an appealing hint of the harpsichord’s lighter timbre… She conveyed Schumann’s shifting world of tension, humor, gracefulness and fire with impressive clarity of purpose and a full grasp of the music’s spirit.”