Santa Barbara Music Club

Paolo Tatafiore Recital

Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:00 pm

Faulkner Gallery

40 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101

Image: Paolo Tatafiore

On Saturday, March 10 at 3 PM, the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful Classical music. The concert is presented in partnership with the Santa Barbara Public Library and will be held at the Faulkner Gallery in the Downtown branch. Admission is free.

One of the highlights of Santa Barbara Music Club’s concerts is the opportunity for audiences to hear great music from a variety of historical periods, with a diversity of musical forms, performed by excellent artists. The March 10 concert features pianist Paolo Tatafiore playing the music of Frédéric Chopin.

Program Details

PAOLO TATAFIORE, PIANO
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Two Polonaises, Op. 26
  • No. 1 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 2 in E-flat minor
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Two Nocturnes, Op. 62
  • No. 1 in B major
  • No. 2 in E major
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Notes on the Program

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) is best known for his music for solo piano, which runs the gamut from heartbreaking simplicity to dazzling virtuosity. The program includes Two Polonaises, Op. 26, Scherzo in C# Minor, Op. 39, Two Nocturnes, Op. 62, and Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52.

The Performer

Paolo Tatafiore is a native of Naples, Italy, and comes from a family of composers, pianists, conductors, and painters. He has concertized to considerable acclaim in Germany and the United States, as well as throughout his native Italy. His musical training began at age seven, and he studied piano with Claudio Graziano, organ and composition with Aladino di Martino, Bruno Mazzotta, and Vincenzo de Gregorio at the Conservatories of Naples, Avellino, and Salerno, while concomitantly studying Ancient Literatures and Archeology at the Federico II University of Naples. He was subsequently selected for masterclasses with such eminent pianists as Carlo Bruno and Maria Tipo, followed by solo and chamber music concerts and concerto engagements in Italy, including performances at the RAI (Italian Radio and Television) Piano Festival.

In the Italian Middle School and the Conservatory of Avellino he also became a passionate and devoted piano teacher; he has continued his pedagogical interests to this day, with some of his students having become internationally recognized performers.

After moving to the United States in 2000 he regularly appeared as soloist and chamber musician in major venues, working in close contact with the League of American Orchestras while continuing touring as a soloist in Europe. In 2009 he moved to Germany, where he became involved in multimedia projects with renowned actors Mario Adorf and Juergen Wegscheider, among others. In 2011, on the occasion of Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday he and Wegscheider toured with “Liszt in Italien,” a project incorporating texts as well as letters between Liszt and Marie D’Agoult, with music and video projection.

Among his recordings is a live performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Herkulessaal der Residenz in Munich, Germany, with outstanding critical notices in major newspapers as well as the leading German magazine, Das Orchester.

Mr. Tatafiore has recently moved back to the U.S. and lives in Los Angeles, with upcoming engagements including recitals in California and concerts with American orchestras. As a composer, he has recently published a group of piano pieces and a set of variations for viola and orchestra that will be premiered in Ohio in October of this year.


This concert in the Faulkner Gallery is being presented through a partnership with the Santa Barbara Public Library.