10/20/22 Guest Artist Series, Scott Holden, piano

Guest Artist Series Thursday I October 20, 2022 Recital Hall

I 7:30 pm

Guest Artist Series Scott Holden, piano

14th Performance I 2022–23 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

PROGRAM I OCTOBER 20, 2022 I 7:30 PM Arabeske, op. 18

Pastorale (Homage to Schumann)

Carnaval: Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes, op. 9 Préambule Pierrot Arlequin Valse noble Eusebius Florestan Coquette Réplique (Sphinxes) Papillons ASCH–SCHA (Lettres dansantes) Chiarina Valse Chopin Estrella Reconnaissance Pantolon et Colombine Valse allemande Intermezzo: Paganini Aveu Promenade Pause Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

Robert Schuman (1810–1856) Fred Hersch (b. 1955) Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Played without pause

Intermission

Symphonic Jazz Suite (2021*) Prelude Pasyon Dans Nocturne Blue Ramble The Spanish Tinge Walt-Zing

Lisa DeSpain (b. 1964)

Phrygian Gates (1978)

John Adams (b. 1947)

* Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY “Scott Holden plays with obvious commitment . . . and limpid lyricism . . . he tackles the keyboard acrobatics fearlessly,” writes Fanfare magazine. Commitment, lyricism, and fearless acrobatics characterize Holden’s career. A solo pianist, champion collaborator, devoted teacher, and adjudicator, Scott Holden’s dedication to the art and study of pianism is prevalent across the scope of his work.

Holden debuted at Carnegie Hall after winning first prize in the 1996 Leschetizky New York Debut Piano Competition. He has performed in over forty states (including at the Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall), Canada, Mexico, England, Russia (Svetlanov Hall), throughout Europe, and in multiple Asian countries including China, Singapore, and Vietnam. He has been broadcast on NPR, NBC, and CBC, as well as numerous local networks. His enthusiastic support of contemporary music has led to a variety of premieres, including William Wallace’s Second Piano Concerto, with Keith Lockhart and the Utah Symphony, of which the Salt Lake Tribune wrote, “Mr. Holden secured the stage in a virtuosic performance. . . . We were torn between examining every new note passing by our ears and Holden’s pianistic acrobatics. It was a wonderful dilemma.” Holden returned to Carnegie Hall in June 2018 to play a solo recital featuring multiple world premieres. Holden has recorded for Parma, Bridge, Tantara, and Naxos Records.

His most recent CD, Beyond Vernon Duke, was given the highest five-star rating and praised saying, “Holden exhibits profoundly musical readings with obvious commitment and great attention to detail.”

A sought-after pedagogue, Holden has had students win top prizes at Music Teachers National Associaton competitions and the Gina Bachauer International Competition, among many others, and his students are regularly accepted to leading graduate programs in the nation. He travels extensively to adjudicate and give masterclasses at festivals and pedagogy workshops around the world and has contributed to various publications, including both volumes of The Pianist’s Craft, which has been published domestically and, more recently, in China.

Holden holds degrees from the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Music), the Juilliard School (Master of Music), and the Manhattan School of Music (Doctor of Music Arts). He studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest as a Fulbright Scholar.

His major teachers have included Arkady Aronov, Martin Canin, Charles Fisher, Arthur Greene, András Kemenes, Nina Lelchuk, and Ferenc Rados. He currently chairs the keyboard studies department at Brigham Young University and is a faculty member at Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard in Geneva, Switzerland.

Holden lives in the mountains of Utah with his wife and four children. When not at the piano, he can be found cycling, building things with wood, and adventuring among the red rocks of the Southwest.

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UPCOMING CONSERVATORY EVENTS Oct. 23 | 9:15 am Pacific String Day Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Oct. 23 | 2:30 pm Friends of Chamber Music: Cuarteto Latinoamericano Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Oct. 28, 29, 30 | 7:30 pm Opera Follies Vereschagin Alumni House

Oct. 28 | 5:30 pm Guest Artist Series Masterclass Terrence Wilson Faye Spanos Concert Hall

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