Awarded as Artist of the Year by both Ontario Contact (2017) and the BC Touring Council (2015), and mentioned by The Guardian (Charlottetown) as the Best Classical Performance of 2014, pianist Sarah Hagen’s interpretations have been described as "Outstandingly inventive" -University of Waterloo Gazette, ”Played flawlessly” - Review Vancouver.

 

Her extensive touring has taken her across Canada, to Sweden, France, Germany and Italy, and twice to New York City’s Carnegie Hall. On April 3, 2024, th EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts will have the pleasure of offering Perk Up, Pianist; Sarah's one-woman, sit-down musical comedy about life as a touring musician.

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Touring as both a solo pianist and as a comedienne,

“Hagen reminds us how the beauty of an honest solo performance can make you so easily fall in love with its performer.” - Montreal Rampage