Jason Stoll
“With his communicative style of playing and effusive enthusiasm” (James Anagnoson, Glenn Gould School), American pianist Jason Stoll effectively combines fortuitous virtuosity, striking stage presence, and excellent taste in programming to instill inspiration and imagination among his listeners. A proponent of new music, Jason frequently programs music by current composers to great acclaim. Highlights include giving the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Rondo Concertante for piano and strings, a number of solo recitals throughout his native California, New York, Toronto, Dublin, and orchestral appearances with the North Charleston Pops, Midland-Odessa Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Miami Music Festival Orchestra, the Westlake Village Symphony, the Antelope Valley Symphony, the York Symphony Orchestra, and the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra.
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"Jason is a wonderful pianist - his communicative style of playing and effusive enthusiasm for music is what is needed in the arts today." James Anagnoson, Dean The Glenn Gould School
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Sample Programs
Jazzical
Morton Gould
Boogie Woogie Etude
Aaron Copland
Four Piano Blues
Freely Poetic
Soft and Languid
Muted and Sensuous
With Bounce
William Bolcom
The Poltergeist Rag
Andy Villemez
Fantasy
(themes from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music)
INTERMISSION
Earl Wild
Selections from Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs
The Man I Love
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm
Nikolai Kapustin
Selections from Eight Concert Etudes Op. 40
Prelude Reverie Pastoral
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Chopin and Liszt
Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23
Liszt
Liebestraum No. 3
Chopin
Nocturne in D-Flat Major Op. 27 No. 2
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor
INTERMISSION
Schumann/Liszt
Widmung ("Dedication")
Chopin
Grande Valse Brilliante in E-flat Major Op. 18
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Liszt
Venezia e Napoli
I. Gondoliera
II. Canzone
III. Tarantella
Delicious Delights
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Frederic Chopin
Variations on a Theme by Chopin
Federico Mompou
Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.66
Chopin
INTERMISSION
Fantasy on Themes from Rogers and Hammerstein’s,
The Sound of Music
Andy Villemez
from Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40
Nikolai Kapustin
from Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs
Earl Wild
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
Variations and Fantasies
J.S. Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 906
Federico Mompou
Variations on a Theme by Chopin
Chopin
Fantasie-Impromptu Op. 66
INTERMISSION
Scriabin
Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28
W.A. Mozart
10 Variations on a Theme by Gluck K. 455
Nikolai Kapustin
Variations, Op. 41
Additional Programs
Latin Masterworks
From Haydn to Gershwin
Waltzes and Hungarian Dances - Chopin and Brahms
Bio
Jason Stoll
Piano
Southern Californian pianist, Jason Stoll, has garnered many praises and awards for his performances throughout his career thus far. Concert highlights for the upcoming 2021-2022 season include a recital debut in Paris, chamber music, and concerti, across the United States and overseas. Past concert highlights include giving the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Rondo Concertante for piano and strings, a number of solo recitals throughout his native California, New York, Toronto, Dublin, and orchestral appearances with the North Charleston Pops, Midland-Odessa Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Miami Music Festival Orchestra, the Westlake Village Symphony, the Antelope Valley Symphony, the California State University, Northridge Symphony, the York Symphony Orchestra, and the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Stoll has also competed internationally and was named a Semi-finalist in the 2015 Dublin International Piano Competition and Finalist in the 2013 American Paderewski Piano Competition.
In addition to a busy schedule of performing as a solo artist, Mr. Stoll is also a lover of chamber music. For the past five years, he has been a member of ACE Trio which features Ryan Glass on clarinet and Shannon Canchola on flute. With this unique instrumentation, they have performed a varied and unique repertoire in a multitude of recital series throughout California. They were coined, “Musical Tour de force”, by the Mountaineer Progress Newspaper.
A versatile performer, Mr. Stoll also performs with violinist, Lindsay Deutsch, and the genre bending trio, Take 3. Together with cellist, Mikala Schmitz, they perform an eclectic mix of music including the Beatles, Game of Thrones, Pirates of the Caribbean, current pop hits and mashups.
Over the years, Mr. Stoll has had the privilege of participating in masterclasses working closely with many distinguished artists including Leon Fleisher, Emmanuel Ax, Stephen Hough, and Manahem Pressler. As a teacher himself, Mr. Stoll has served on the faculty of the Bronx Conservatory of Music for three years teaching private piano lessons.
Mr. Stoll holds degrees from California State University, Northridge, the Juilliard School, and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. His principal teachers included John Perry, David Louie, Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Dmitry Rachmanov, and John Roscigno. Additionally, Mr. Stoll has attended several prestigious summer music festivals including the Miami Music Festival, Pianofest in the Hamptons, Aspen Music Festival, and the Adamant Music School.
Currently, Mr. Stoll is a piano instructor and lecturer at California State University, Northridge, and is also a freelance pianist, masterclass presenter and adjudicator throughout the Los Angeles area.