December Bistro Concert Series
Thomas Pandolfi returns for the Bistro Concert Series
The Bistro Concert on Friday, December 19, will feature the return of acclaimed classical pianist Thomas Pandolfi. Since early in his career, his passion has been to make the works of the great composers available to music lovers everywhere, in venues modest and grand. His program will feature works by Gershwin, Debussy, and Chopin.
Pandolfi studied as a full scholarship winner at The Juilliard School in New York City as both an undergraduate and master’s degree student. As a young prodigy, he caught the attention of Vladimir Horowitz and composer Morton Gould. He has sold out some of the world’s famous concert halls, including The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center’s Allice Tully Hall, Strathmore, Kyiv Opera House (before the war in Ukraine), Bucharest’s Romanian Athenaeum, and London’s Cadogan Hall. He has toured four times in China, three in the U.K., seven in Romania, and across the US and Canada.
Morton Gould said of a Pandolfi program, “It’s the finest performance of Gershwin…since the composer himself”. The Washington Post: “… a master of both the grand gesture and the sensual line…”. He is recognized as one of the great interpreters of Polish masters such as Chopin and Paderewski.
This will be his 13th appearance in the Bistro Concert series. From his earliest performances here, we have found Pandolfi to be a gifted educator, offering audiences charming and concise insights about each piece and its composer.
The concert begins at 7:30 pm. Admission is $10 cash at the door.
The Bistro Concert Series is sponsored by Atlantic Union Bank, and a portion of the proceeds goes to our SVWC Fellowship Fund.
