[MusicEvents] Piano recital by guest artist Dr. John Solomons

[Nancy Melton]

You are cordially invited...

Monday, September 19th, 7:30 pm.  Guest Artist, Dr. John Solomons
(Associate Professor of Piano at University of Texas - Arlington).
Finney Concert Hall - Music Building.  Free admission

Works by Franz Liszt 

 

 

About Dr. John Solomons

Pianist John Solomons has appeared with great success as soloist,
chamber musician, and collaborator in the United States, Europe, Mexico,
and South America, performing in concert with the Emerson String
Quartet, Cliburn winner Fabio Bidini, and under the direction of
American conductors Gunther Schuller and Kurt Klippstatter.  Born in
Colombo, Ceylon, Solomons began his piano studies with his mother at age
four, and continued his studies with noted Brazilian pianist Luiz de
Moura Castro from the age of eleven.  Other primary teachers include Van
Cliburn gold-medalist Steven de Groote, Hartt School founder Moshe
Paranov, and Adam Wodnicki of the University of North Texas.  Solomons
holds degrees from Texas Christian University, the Hartt School of
Music, and the University of North Texas where he earned his Doctor of
Musical Arts degree. Grand prize winner of the 13th
Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, John
Solomons was praised  by Gyorgy Sandor as "an exceptionally gifted
artist, whose musical and pianistic achievements are of the highest
order".  Additional winnings include 1st prize in the Stewart Grant
Competition, 3rd prize in the American Music Scholarship Association's
World Piano Competition, and the Catalan Composers Prize at the Xavier
Montsalvatge International Piano Competition in Girona, Spain, with
Maestro Montslavatge serving on the jury. His interest in 20th century
music has led to premiers of works by contemporary composers William
Albright, James Sellars, Carlos Guinovart, Lloyd Taliaferro, Rufus
Brown, Daniel Baldwin, and George Chave.  An active adjudicator,
Solomons has served on numerous juries including the
Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Competition, and the Chamber
Music Foundation of New England's International Chamber Music
Competition. Solomons has taught at the Curs Internacional in Girona,
Spain, the Festival de Inverno in Vale Veneto, Brazil,  the Universidad
Autonomo de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, and sponsored by the Arnaldo
Schwimmer Foundation, toured Bolivia as performer and teacher. He has
served on the faculties of Tarrant County College, Southeastern Oklahoma
State University, and is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the
University of Texas at Arlington. His students' recent achievements
include MTNA State and Division winners, National finalist, the Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Erma Lowe Award, the Juanita
Miller Competition, and the Van Cliburn International Competition for
Outstanding Amateurs. Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and
Madison's Who's Who, Solomons has recorded on the Centaur, Mark Records,
and Evolutionary Music Records labels. 

 

Dr. Luis Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Piano

Department of Music

Texas A&M University-Commerce

P. O. Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75429-3011

903-886-5287

Luis_Sanchez at tamu-commerce.edu

www.sanchezpianist.com <http://www.sanchezpianist.com/> 

 

 

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