Programmes:

BEETHOVEN 
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat Major, Op.110 
I. Moderato cantabile e molto espressivo 
II. Allegro molto 
III. Adagio espressivo 
IV. Fuga: Allegro ma non tango

LISZT
Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 254

- Intermission - 

BARBER 
Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op.26 
I. Allegro energico 
II. Allegro vivace e legerro 
III. Adagio mesto 
IV. Allegro con spirito

RAVEL 
La Valse
 

About The Artist
Praised for his emotional energy and technical finesse, Oliver Salonga has performed in the concert halls of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, and China. Born in Manila, Salonga, a child prodigy, gained national recognition and have done national concert tours after he won First Prize in National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) in 1998 and in 2001. Since then, he has also appeared at music festivals like Neuberg an der Donau Music Festival in Germany, Athenaeum Piano Festival in Italy, JFJC Music Institute Festival in Philippines, EuroArts Academy Winter Festival in Korea and FAIM Summer Festival in China. Salonga is the Gold Medal winner of the 2008 Jeonju International Piano Competition in South Korea. He has also won the Zellen Piano Prize at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has gained accolades from Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Florida International Piano Competition, and Scottish International Piano Competition. Oliver Salonga received his Artist Diploma and Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He also received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance with minors in Theory and Analysis, Arts Management, and Collaborative Arts from the University of Southern California where he held the Sylvia Grancell Award for his entire doctoral residency.

Oliver has received guidance from outstanding pianists, such as Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Sergei Babayan, Daniel Pollack, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert McDonald, Alexei Kornienko, Norman Krieger, and Angela Cholakian. He is holding teaching positions in piano at Soochow University Conservatory of Music and at FaceArt Institute of Music in China. Dr. Oliver Salonga embraces the Russian School of Piano Performance Tradition.

Oliver Salonga regularly holds masterclasses in Asia, among them at China’s Ernst Piano Foundation Masterclasses Series, Korea’s EuroArts Academy Winter Festival, Thailand’s Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music and Yamaha Music Academy, Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Consevatory of Music, UAE’s Dubai Piano Institute and British School AbuDhabi, Philippines’ University of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas, Philippine High School for the Arts and Cultural Center of the Philippines. He has also given lectures and teaching workshops about “Shaping Artistic Individuality and Creating Sound World”.