Experience the brilliance and versatility of Kristina Marinova, a classically trained European pianist, who captures the sonic tapestry of the Grateful Dead’s music spanning from their inception in 1966 to their award winning and critically acclaimed three album Live European Tour in 1972 with her newest release, “THE BUS CAME BY AND I GOT ON”.
Kristina boards the psychedelic bus and brings nothing but a grand piano—and proves
that’s all she needs. She transforms eleven cornerstones of the Grateful Dead canon
into a cinematic solo-piano experience that mirrors the arc of an early-’70s Dead show,
complete with exploratory segues and encore-worthy fireworks.
Marinova’s touch is already legendary. Classical Music Review hailed her Carnegie Hall
program 4 Rhapsodies as “A Feast for the Ears,” while Nagamag Magazine wrote that
her playing feels “like a message from God,” praising its “dazzling, tender, virtuosic and
emotional” power. A capacity crowd at Tarrytown Music Hall went further, calling her
recent recital “an incredible spectacular performance” by “the elegant and masterful
Bulgarian pianist.”
