November 2009
1 post
Concert à Paris le 28 juin au Théâtre Adyar
Le prochain concert aura lieu le 28 juin au Théâtre Adyar, Paris 7ème. Au programme des sonates de Beethoven (op. 90) et de Janacek, le Carnaval de Schumann et les Danses Argentines de Ginastera. Aussi un peu de Chopin et éventuellement une improvisation… J’espère vous retrouver nombreux à ce concert que je produis moi-même.
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June 2009
4 posts
Last movement of Shostakovich Second Concerto in F...
Bonjour....Hello!
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Biography in English (click here)
American pianist David Saliamonas has been hailed as one of the most expressive and individual pianists of his generation. Critics in the United States and Canada have described him as a “tremendous talent…dazzling” and stated that he “played with great intensity and feeling throughout.” Called a “splendid musician and virtuoso” by renowned pianist Eugene Istomin and a “wonderful pianist” by...
May 2009
10 posts
Biographie en français (cliquez ici)
David Saliamonas est, dans la nouvelle génération de pianistes, l’un des plus expressifs, et l’une des personnalités les plus attachantes.
Né à Chicago, il a débuté le piano tout seul à l’âge de cinq ans. Il est diplômé de la Manhattan School of Music où il était l’un des rares élèves du grand Eugene Istomin, qui le considérait comme « un virtuose et un musicien merveilleux ». Il est lauréat...
Concerts
2009
8 sept., récital solo, Féstival de Wissembourg (Scarlatti, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Gershwin) www.wissembourg-festival.com/index.html
16 oct.,avec la compagnie de danse Blanca Li www.blancali.com/?lang=fr
24 oct., concert privé avec le violoncellist Henri Demarquette
5 nov., récital solo, Conservatório do Música, Porto, Portugal (Mussorgsky, Schumann, Gershwin)
11 nov.,...
Reflections on Repertoire
Here are some thoughts about some of the music that I play. It’s not an exhaustive repertoire list, just reflections on some of the music and composers that have been most important to me. Note that I don’t consider myself a specialist in any composer or kind of music. If I choose to play a piece, it’s because I love it and because I think that I can do it justice. I specialize in, and love...
Chopin Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2;...
Program Possibilites
1. Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition –
Schumann, Kinderszenen
Gershwin, Rhaposdy in Blue
2. Schubert, Sonata in B-flat major –
Scriabin, 13 pieces
Liszt, Second Hungarian Rhapsody
3. 100% Chopin (Ballades, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Polonaises, etc.)
4. Schubert, Moments musicaux
Janacek, Sonata
Rachmaninoff, 5 preludes –
Janacek, On an Overgrown Path
Ginastera, Danzas...
Auto-biographical sketch
It seems that I have always been a pianist. I can’t remember a time in my life before music, or before playing the piano was an integral part of my identity. When I was four or five, my kindergarten teacher reported to my parents that I would accompany the class on the piano every morning when we sang. They were quite surprised, because at the time we didn’t even have a piano in the house! But...
