Image: Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar (Adam Cuerden)
On Saturday, October 28, 3 PM, the Santa Barbara Music Club will feature pianists Mariusz Adamczak and Pascal Salomon in a joint recital entitled “PIANO ACROSS POLAND, FRANCE, AND AMERICA”. The concert will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Dr, Santa Barbara. Admission is free.
Adamczak and Salomon have curated a concert featuring solo piano works by composers including Chopin, Poulenc, Gershwin, and Szymanowski, culminating in a performance of Debussy’s Petite Suite for piano four hands. Their goal is to celebrate their friendship by highlighting works that are important to them separately and together.
The complete program is Chopin’s Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 and Mazurkas Op. 24, No. 1 & 2; I. J. Paderewski’s Menuet, Op. 14, and Karol Szymanowski’s Prelude, Op. 1, No. 1, performed by Mariusz Adamczak. Pascal Solomon will perform Poulenc’s Three Novelettes, George Gershwin’s Three Preludes, and Samuel Barber’s “Waltz,” from Souvenirs, Op. 28. The program concludes with Claude Debussy’s Petite Suite for piano four hands.
Program Details
(1910-1981)
- Waltz
(1862-1918)
- En bateau
- Cortège
- Menuet
- Ballet
The Performers
Pascal Salomon, piano, was born in Israel, grew up in France, and has concertized as recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber music pianist in Europe, Israel, China, and the U.S. He has been featured soloist with prominent European orchestras, and has recorded three solo and chamber music CDs. A dedicated teacher, Dr. Salomon taught piano for 9 years at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Switzerland, and has served as collaborative piano faculty member at Westmont College.
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.
MARIUSZ ADAMCZAK, pianist, has concertized in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Republic of Moldava, Morocco, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Uzbekistan and the United States, and has been prize winner in piano competitions in Greece, Italy, Poland, and Romania. As concerto soloist, he has been featured with major European orchestras, and as chamber music pianist he has appeared with the Camerata, Consonante, and Gaudeamus Quartets, the Cracow Royal Quartet, and the Camerata Vistula and Varsovia Ensembles. He has been invited to present concerts at national and international festivals, including the “Fryderyk Chopin Music Festivals” in Ghent (Belgium) and in Gaming (Austria) the “Forum of Young Pianists” in Darmstadt (Germany), the “Young Pianists Interpretations” in the Chopin Festival in Valldemossa (Mallorca), and the “Floralia Music Festival in Warsaw (Poland), and has recorded live studio concerts for the BBC and Polish Radio.
Born in Poland, Mr. Adamczak graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin State School of Music in Warsaw, receiving the Artistic Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Arts, graduated with distinction from the Cracow Academy of Music, and also studied at the National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania. In 2014 he instituted his private piano class, from which his students have been awarded prizes in national and international piano competitions.
