Thomas Pandolfi
"An exciting virtuoso who, with each passing season, is becoming more and more sought after by audiences worldwide." Thomas enjoys working with new composers, and he has in particular championed the "Pops" Concerti of British composer, Simon Proctor, including The James Bond Concerto, in which Thomas gave the world premier performance in London during the 2010-11 season. He is scheduled to perform the world premiere of Bohemian Concerto by British-Argentine composer, Polo Piatti, during the 2019-20 Season. Thomas co-commissioned film and concert composers Kim Allen Kluge and Kathryn Vassar Kluge to compose The American Piano Concerto, which was an absolutely smashing success at its world premiere in May, 2016.
Jean Schreiber Management provides exclusive worldwide representation for Thomas Pandolfi for guest soloist with orchestras and summer festival engagements
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Programs
Into the Night with Gershwin ™
Rhapsody in Blue (1927 solo version)
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Prelude No. 2 ("Blue Lullaby")
G. GERSHWIN
New York Rhapsody (1931, from "Delicious")
G. GERSHWIN
INTERMISSION
Sleepless Night
G. GERSHWIN
Novelette in Fourths
G. GERSHWIN
Fragment
G. GERSHWIN
Rubato
G. GERSHWIN
Song Medley
G. GERSHWIN / T. PANDOLFI
*Mr. Pandolfi is available to perform this program at Festivals.
Red Hot Jazz in Blue ™
Rhapsody in Blue (1927 solo version)
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Prelude No. 2 ("Blue Lullaby")
G. GERSHWIN
Song Medley
G. GERSHWIN / T. PANDOLFI
INTERMISSION
Sleepless Night
G. GERSHWIN
Novelette in Fourths
G. GERSHWIN
Fragment
G. GERSHWIN
Rubato
G. GERSHWIN
Sinatra Medley
SIMON PROCTOR / T. PANDOLFI
*Mr. Pandolfi is available to perform this program at Festivals.
One Singular Night ™
Music of George Gershwin and Marvin Hamlisch
Rhapsody in Blue (1927 solo version)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Prelude No. 2 ("Blue Lullaby")
G. GERSHWIN
Song Medley
G. GERSHWIN / T. PANDOLFI
INTERMISSION
Hamlisch Fantasy
(Virtuoso Fantasy on Marvin Hamlisch's most beloved melodies)
Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) / T. Pandolfi
*Mr. Pandolfi is available to perform this program at Festivals.
The Classics with a Touch of Poetry ™
Sonata in F Major, K. 332 - Mozart
a) Allegro
b) Adagio
c) Allegro Assai
Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 4 - Schubert
Grande Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique")
Beethoven
a) Grave / Allegro di molto e con brio
b) Adagio Cantabile
c) Rondo: Allegro
~ INTERMISSION ~
Widmung ("Dedication")
Schumann/Liszt
Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major ("Dream of Love")
Liszt
Apres Une Lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
Liszt
More programs available:
Schumann / Brahms
Language of Infinity: Chopin
Gypsy Passages: Liszt
American Piano Patriotism
Holiday Spirit - The Season of Christmas
Russian Romance and the Movies
Polish Masters
The Italian Connection
Piano Musique/Musica: French and Spanish Pianism
Gershwin and the French Muse
Favorite Beethoven
Mozart, Spanish Romance, and the Movies
Chopin, Piano, and the Movies
The Music of Burt Bacharach and Barry Manilow
A Sinatra Celebration
Favorite Sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven
Lyric Beauty: Schubert
A 20th Century Celebration
Concerti
Standard Concerto Repertoire
Addensell, Richard Warsaw Concerto
Anderson, Leroy Piano Concerto in C
Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80
Brahms, Johannes Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Chopin, Frederic Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
D'Indy, Vincent Symphony on a French Mountain Air for Piano & Orch, Op. 25
Franck, Cesar Symphonic Variations
Gershwin, George Rhapsody in Blue for Piano & Orchestra
Second Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra
Concerto in F
Grieg, Edward Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Liszt, Franz Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
MacDowell, Edward Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23
Mendelssohn, Felix Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Mozart, Wolfgang Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 ("Jeunnehomme")
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Paderewski, Ignace Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17
Piatti, Polo Bohemian Concerto (2017)
Rachmaninov, Sergei Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Ravel, Maurice Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand
Piano Concerto in G
Saint-Saens, Camille Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23
"POPS" Concerto Repertoire
Addinsell, Richard Warsaw Concerto
Anderson, Leroy Piano Concerto in C
Gershwin, George Rhapsody in Blue for Piano & Orchestra
Second Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra
Concerto in F
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau Grande Tarantelle for Piano & Orchestra
The Union for Piano & Orchestra
Proctor, Simon Frank Sinatra Piano Concerto
James Bond Piano Concerto
Andrew Lloyd Webber Piano Concerto
Hollywood Piano Concerto
Disney Piano Concerto
Christmas Piano Concerto
Special Piano Concerto Packages
An Evening of Jazz and Romance: The Piano Concertos of Gershwin and Ravel
a) Concerto in F (Gershwin)
b) Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel)
<Intermission >
c) Concerto in G (Ravel)
d) Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)
Forgotten Piano Concertos
a) Piano Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 70 (Anton Rubinstein)
b) Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17 (Ignace Jan Paderewski)
c) Piano Concerto in E Major, Op. 59 (Moritz Moszkowski)
* can be offered in one evening, or over a weekend.
Six Great Mozart Concertos
a) Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 ("Jeunehomme")
b) Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
c) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
<Intermission>
d) Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 ("Elvira Madigan")
e) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
f) Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
* can be offered over a weekend, 3 Concertos per evening, or 2 Concertos per evening in addition to other orchestral works.
Weekend of Popular Piano and Orchestra
a) Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (Grieg)
b) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Beethoven)
c) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Rachmaninov)
<Intermission>
d) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (Mozart)
e) Piano Concerto in G (Ravel)
f) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, op. 23 (Tchaikovsky)
*can be offered over a weekend, 3 concertos per evening; Concertos can be mixed and matched differently at the discretion of the conductor and orchestra as well.
Bio
Thomas Pandolfi
Piano
Thomas Pandolfi began his music career early on at The Juilliard School (BM & MM) where the young prodigy caught the influential ears of Vladimir Horowitz, who would become his mentor, and legendary composer, Morton Gould. Since then he has been an audience favorite, selling out the world’s most prestigious stages, including Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, Kiev Opera House, Bucharest’s Romanian Athenaeum, London’s Cadogan Hall, and many others.
In addition to being hailed as one of the greatest interpreters of Polish masters such as Chopin and Paderewski, this versatile pianist has received accolades for everything from Bach to Gershwin, with Morton Gould saying, “It’s the finest performance of Gershwin I have heard since the composer himself.”
His original and virtuosic transcriptions of works such as West Side Story and Phantom of the Opera, are one-of-kind, jaw-dropping, and dramatic encores that keep audiences of all ages returning to his performances again and again.
Maestro Pandolfi is a Steinway Artist and when he is not on tour, resides in Washington, DC.