The Golandsky Institute

Program

Chopin: Introduction and Rondo, Op. 16

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61

Scriabin: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23
Drammatico
Allegretto
Andante
Presto con fuoco

Intermission

Szymanowski: From Masques (1916)
Schéhérazade

Chopin: Sonata in B Minor, Op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: molto vivace
Largo
Finale: Presto non tanto. Agitato

Biography

As a First Prize winner of both the XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition and the I European Union Piano Competition, 28-year old pianist Josu De Solaun has been invited to perform in distinguished concert series throughout the world, having made notable appearances in Washington D. C. (Kennedy Center), New York (Carnegie Hall), London (Southbank Centre), Paris (Salle Cortot), Leipzig (Schuman Haus), Taipei (Novel Hall), Mexico City (Sala Silvestre Revueltas), Prague (Nostitz Palace), Rome (Academia de España), Menton (Festival International de Musique), and all major cities of Spain.

Since a young age, he has performed in Canada, Germany, Japan, China, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Netherlands, Chile, and Switzerland, as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, playing under conductors such as Yaron Traub, Max Bragado, Theodore Kuchar, Constantine Orbelian, Ramón Tébar, Yuri Krasnapolsky, and Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez among others, as well with orchestras such as the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Monterey Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Valencia Philharmonic Orchestra, Spain´s Radio and Television Orchestra (RTVE), and Bari Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy. His performances have been broadcast on Spanish national radio, as well as on New York´s WQXR.

A native of Valencia, Spain, he is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he studied under the guidance of Nina Svetlanova and Horacio Gutiérrez. Since February of 2009 he works with Edna Golandsky.