Dear friends, LE SALON DE LA MUSIQUE was born to support talented young artists. In fact, today, more than ever, in this difficult moment all our and your support is needed! Because of COVID-19 many MUSICIANS CAN NOT work in concert halls and THEREFORE an important and in most cases THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME IS TAKEN away from them.
If EACH OF US makes a SMALL CONTRIBUTION, we can easily reach our goal! EVERY SUNDAY we will present some of our veryTALENTED ARTISTS who will PLAY for you FROM THEIR HOUSES to share their love for music with you.
In order to watch the video of the concert, you can MAKE A SMALL DONATION directly to the artist ( ANY AMOUNT will be greatly appreciated) and you will be added to a PRIVATE GROUP dedicated to each artist where the video will be broadcasted. The fourth of our artists will be Thomas Schwan, who will play on SUNDAY, tenth of May.
We will continue presenting other concerts on following Sundays with other extraordinary musicians! LET’S UNITE FOR MUSIC!!!
ATTENTION!! TICKETS ARE NOT FREE ( IT’S WRITTEN IN THIS WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER OPTION FOR DONATION). IN ORDER TO GET A TICKET PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE AND DONATE AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU WANT!
Program:
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
From The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2:
Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870
Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 871
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 872
From The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1:
Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 856
Prelude and Fugue in A flat major BWV 862
Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor BWV 863
Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV 864
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 865
Born in Milan in 1985, Italian-German pianist and composer Thomas Schwan performed extensively in major venues in Italy, the Netherlands, France, England, Russia, and the United States. He won substantial music awards such as the Honors Diploma and the Premio Monte dei Paschi di Siena from Accademia Chigiana, as well as several top prizes in international piano and composition competitions.
His music has been performed by members of the Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble Amsterdam, Voices of Change (USA), the Meadows Wind Ensemble (USA), Quartetto Mitja (Italy), Trio Chénier (Italy), and other renowned ensembles and soloists in Europe and in America. He received commissions from the Dallas Chamber Music Society and other prominent music organizations. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious Odyssée artistic residency as a pianist and composer at Abbaye Royale de Saint-Riquier (France), where he was commissioned a new piano work to be premiered onsite.
He taught piano and composition masterclasses in Italy, the Netherlands, and Panama, and maintains an active performing and teaching schedule worldwide. He is specializing in the performance of the keyboard music of J.S. Bach and has recently given multiple performances of the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
A graduate of the Conservatory of Vicenza, he pursued the Artist Certificate and two Master’s degrees at Southern Methodist University in Dallas (USA), where he was a recipient of the Meadows Artistic Scholarship. His professors at SMU were Joaquín Achúcarro (piano) and Kevin Hanlon (composition); former piano and composition teachers include Grazia Galletta, Alessandro Fortuna, Gianni Possio, Elisabetta Brusa, and Simon Sargon. He attended masterclasses with Gary Graffman, Vladimir Krainev, Marios Papadopoulos, Boris Berman, Louis Lortie, Claude Baker, and Rodion Shchedrin. He is currently completing his doctoral degree in the studios of Pamela Mia Paul (piano) and Joseph Klein (composition) at the University of North Texas, where he also worked as a Teaching Fellow. www.thomasschwan.com
