Surround Concert Series Continues at The Zankel
Sophia Subbayya Vastek to the Zankel Music Center, as part of the Surround concert series.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Surround music series – which seats audiences onstage with the artist for an intimate concert experience – invites pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek to the Zankel Music Center, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26.
As a second-generation pianist and third-generation musician, Vastek brings a reverence for her collective history alongside a boundless, exploratory spirit. Her intuitive playing style—rooted in tenderness, improvisation, and classical training—has evolved into a dynamic, cinematic sound that shifts effortlessly across musical worlds.
Her latest LP, In Our Softening (2022), was recorded on a 1902 upright piano, complete with a crack in its soundboard, delivering an ambient-inspired sound that is at once both vulnerable and captivating.
The Surround concerts are staged at 4 p.m. one Sunday a month in January, February, and March. The series continues with performances by South Carolina singer and producer Niecy Blues on Feb. 9, and indie rock / jazz musician and songwriter Cassandra Jenkins on March 2. For more information about events at the Zankel, which is located on the campus of Skidmore College, go to: https://www.skidmore.edu/zankel/index.php.