Dr. Samolesky was featured in a Canadian television documentary on 20th century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. His program at HSU is scheduled to feature Prokofiev’s sonata in A major, also known as Piano Sonata No. 6, the first of three “war sonatas” composed in the 1940s.
Originally from Canada, Dr. Samolesky holds two doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music, and is currently a professor of piano at Auburn University. Among his many solo and chamber pianist performances in North America, Europe and Asia was a recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington, broadcast nationally on American Public Radio’s Performance Today program. His debut solo CD will be released this fall.
Other scheduled selections at HSU include an aria from Cantata No. 127 by J. S. Bach, a piano piece by Canadian composer Denis Gougeon, and two pieces by Frederic Chopin: Fantasie in F minor and Etude in B minor.
Tickets are $10 general/$5 seniors, children and students, from the HSU Box Office (826-3928) or at the door. This Guest Artist Series concert is produced by the HSU Music Department. For more information, visit hsumusic.blogspot.com.