She currently leads a trio with Scott Hardy on bass and Michael Sarin on drums.
[2] She attended graduate school at Columbia University, where she studied 17th century English literature.
[3][4] She decided to leave academia and pursue a new career as a pianist and received private instruction from Bruce Barth and began playing public gigs.
[5] Pintchik landed a steady job playing for the brunch crowd at Bradley's in Greenwich Village, in New York City, where she first met Red Mitchell.
[5] Among other venues, Pintchik's trio performs regularly at Jazz at Kitano in New York City.