…this is one of the most compelling releases of 2023 thus far…
AllMusicGuide
…an artist with a charismatic influence…
Adrian Quanjer, Native DSD
Katelyn shifts, morphs, realigns to bring out the ever-changing moods and perspectives. Her playing carries me along …Katelyn's richness of dynamic shading make of the work something that is simply alive.
Rushton Paul, Positive Feedback
Katelyn plays with a gripping sensitivity.
Remy Frank, Pizzicato
Music Studies Faculty
The Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
With performances described as “musically evocative” and a skill at engaging audiences in the musical dialogue, Dr. Katelyn Bouska is a frequent solo and collaborative musician. Her unique programming combining rarely-heard Czech and American music with music being written specifically for her by rising composers has found an audience throughout America and on the international concert stage.
With her ability to perform a broad range of repertoire ranging from early music to the most contemporary, she is at ease on clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano. On faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, her passion for informed and personal musical expression extends beyond her piano studio into conducting graduate seminars on performance practice, continuo and period repertoire, and classes exploring theory and harmony as a tool to unlock the grammar of music.
In addition to her D.M.A. in Piano Performance from Temple University, she also holds degrees in early keyboard performance as well as collaborative piano. Committed to re-capturing the imagination of audience members, Katelyn is frequently combining innovative programming with unique artistic partnerships as well as active collaboration with emerging professional composers to communicate their music to wider audiences. With her background as performer, teacher and scholar she is often sought after for multi-disciplinary collaborations with audiences as varied as cultural centers and corporate institutions.
The Complete Piano Works of Miloslav Ištvan
Český Rozhlas - 2019
Katelyn Bouska svou interpretací Itvana prokázala velkou dávku fantazie a vlastního názoru. Její interpretace je živelná, flexibilní a poutá sugestivní agogikou i bohatou dynamickou škálou. Instinktivně dokáže utvářet úhozovou paletu a ukazuje pochopení pro interpretační výklad Ištvanovy osobité kompoziční techniky montáže. - Milan Bátor, Český Rozhlas
Katelyn Bouska, in her interpretation of Miloslav Ištvan, demonstrates a large dose of imagination and her own personal opinions. Her interpretation is full of life, flexibility and gripping rhythms and a richness of dynamic shadings. Instinctively she illustrates the shapes by her patelette of touch and a deep understanding of the elements of Ištvan’s personal composition style of montáž. - Milan Bátor, Český Rozhlas.
Ms. Bouska plays with conviction, immediacy, and a lucid understanding of Ištvan’s musical language. ------Hsiang Tu, College Music Society
Z hlediska interpretace není albu co vytknout – sólisté spolu komunikují, hašteří se, bijí se, ustupují si z cesty a navzájem se doplňují… Dá se však říct, že hudebníci dokázali zdárně uchopit a prezentovat emocemi nabitou, a přesto nepatetickou podobu děl, a ještě zdůraznit charakteristické rysy skladby, které by jinak mohly v hudební fakturu zaniknout. -Lukáš Pavlica, Harmonie
From the viewpoint of interpretation, there is nothing to reproach – soloists together communicate, quarrel, fight, withdraw from their path and then return together again in harmony…It can be said, that the musicians demonstrate successfully their comprehension and present emotionally charged, in a non-pathetic from of the work, and still emphasize the characteristic elements of the compositions which could be otherwise be missed.
- Lukáš Pavlica, Harmonie
Janáček-Barber-Gill-Ištvan
Štěpán Filípek, cello and Katelyn Bouska, piano
Český Rozhlas, 2017
From the Valley of Baca - The Chambers Music of David Carpenter
Parma Records, 2018
www.davidowencarpenter.com
Charles Abramovic, piano
Katelyn Bouska, piano
Lawrence Indik, baritone
Rebecca Harris, Violin
Myanna Harvey, Viola
Cassia Harvey, Cello
Rhapsody, composed in 2015 for pianist Katelyn Bouska and originally intended for a companion piece to Chopin’s Piano Sonata in B minor, op. 58, amplifies the composer’s poetic voice, performed with pluck and aplomb by Bouska as the newly-expanded, three-movement work’s modern-day dedicatee. – Holly Harris, Winnipeg Press
