Saleem Ashkar, piano

NOTE NEW LOCATION:
Hertz Hall

Beethoven: Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Sonata in F minor, Appassionata, Sonata in E-flat Major, Les Adieux, Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110

Zubin Mehta gave Saleem Ashkar his first big break when he invited him to join the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1—at age 17. Daniel Barenboim followed suit with an invitation to master classes and performances in Chicago. Since then, the formidable Palestinian-Israeli pianist has earned a reputation for balancing "thoughtfulness and virtuosic abandon with playfulness and beauty of sound" (Berliner Morgenpost). #BerkeleyRADICAL #Immersion