Steinway Artist: Thomas Pandolfi

Thursday, September 29th at 7:30 pm 

Thomas Pandolfi is one of the leading pianists of our time, hailed a “phenomenon.” He began his career early while at The Juilliard School. There the young prodigy caught the influential ear of Vladimir Horowitz, who would become his mentor, as well as legendary composer, Morton Gould.

Since then he has been an audience favorite, selling out the world’s most prestigious stages, including Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, Kiev Opera House, Bucharest’s Romanian Athenaeum, London’s Cadogan Hall, and many others.

DC Metro Arts calls him, “exhilarating… a rare mix of technical accuracy and cool confidence.” 

In addition to being recognized as one of the greatest interpreters of the Polish masters such as Chopin, Paderewski, and Godowsky, this versatile pianist has received accolades from 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 popular 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.

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Rick and Frances Harrell

National Endowment of the Arts

Virginia Commission for the Arts

Dunavant Engineering & Construction, Inc.