Image: Pascal Salomon, pianist
The Santa Barbara Music Club presents a program of beautiful classical music performed by noted artists on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu. Renowned pianist Pascal Salomon will perform a concert of beloved masterworks: John Sebastian Bach’s elegant Fantasy in C minor, BWV 906, Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”), Frédéric Chopin’s romantic Nocturnes in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 and C minor, Op. 48, No. 1, and Franz Schubert’s exquisite Impromptus in E-flat major and G-flat major, Op. 90. Admission is free.
Program Details
(1685-1750)
(1797-1828)
- No. 2 in E-flat Major
- No. 3 in G-flat Major
(1810-1849)
- B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1
- C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
(1770-1827)
- Allegro assai
- Andante con moto
- Allegro ma non troppo
The Performer
Pascal Salomon, pianist, was born in Israel, grew up in France, and has concertized as recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber music pianist to great acclaim in China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.S. He has been featured soloist with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Sinfonietta of Lausanne, La
Sinfonietta de Genève, Orchestre du Capital-Toulouse, and the National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova, and has performed in major concert venues including Toulouse Capitole (France), Iasi Philharmonic Hall (Romania), Ernest Ansermet Concert Hall-Geneva and Stravinski Auditorium-Montreux (Switzerland), and Forbidden City Concert Hall-Beijing (China).
He studied at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris, earned the Virtuosity Degree at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Genève, Switzerland, and was selected for master classes with Paul Badura-Skoda, Jeremy Denk, Murray Perahia, Andras Schiff, and György Sebök. In 2017 he completed his DMA Degree at UCSB, under the mentorship of Paul Berkowitz and Dr. Lee Rothfarb; his research lecture was an in-depth study of music phenomenology from a performer’s standpoint.
Awarded “Best French Pianist” at the Senigallia International Competition in Italy, he was winner of the Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona and received the Young Performers Scholarship from the “Société de Musique d’Yverdon-les-Bains” (Switzerland). UCSB honors included the Martin Kamen Fellowship, Ernö Daniel Memorial Prize for Distinguished Performance in Piano, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, and Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship.
His CD recordings include Pascal Salomon Plays Schumann, by ART Records, Czech Portraits, with violist Jacob Adams, by Centaur Records, and a live concert recording, Chopin, Ravel, Schubert, by the National Radio in Iasi, Romania.
Dr. Salomon taught piano at the Geneva Conservatory for nine years and presented master classes in Romania (University of Art and College of Music in Iasi), in Hungary (Crescendo Summer Institute of Art), and in China (Yunnan Institute of Arts). He is currently building the upcoming Santa Barbara Conservatory of Music, which will offer a complete music education for grades 1-12 in the Santa Barbara area with a mentorship approach and possible scholarships.
