Jamaican pianist Paul Shaw has appeared in recital, chamber music performances and as a soloist with orchestra on three continents, in Asia, Europe and the Americas. A top prize winner in the 1988 William Kapell International Competition and the 1986 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Shaw has performed in prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Beethovenhalle, the Hall of the Americas and the Marlboro Music Festival.
Born in Falmouth, near Montego Bay, Jamaica, ShawÆs interest in music began with a toy piano his mother purchased at WoolworthÆs to teach him everything she had memorized from observing her guardian, a Kingston piano teacher, in secret. By age eight he was sight-reading hymns for church services, and at sixteen he won the Howard Cooke Award for Excellence in Music, JamaicaÆs highest classical music award in the annual Festival of the Arts competition. Subsequent advanced studies, courtesy of the Jamaican Government, French Government, and William Petschek, Maro Ajemian and Isabel Mason Scholarships, led to a ten-year affiliation with noted American pianist William Masselos and three degrees û Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts û from New YorkÆs famed Juilliard School.
In a two-fold effort to attract young audiences and nurture upcoming talent in classical music, Shaw performs an innovative, multi-media piano recital program with color slide and video accompaniment called ôPicturecital: Classical Music in Living Color.ö Shaw is also developing ôPiano Talent on Parade,ö a showcase program for young pianists which he will produce and host on cable television. On CD Shaw has recorded ôLive from New York, itÆs Paul Shawö for Musika Records and James P. JohnsonÆs stride piano classic, ôYamekrawö for piano and orchestra on the Collins Classics label.
PROGRAM
Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Scherzo. Allegro
Allegro assai
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 û 1827)
Variations on a Theme by E. Clement Bethel
Cleophas R. E. Adderley
(b. 1955)
Jamaican Dances
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante moderato
III. Allegro
Oswald Russell
(b. 1933)
Guadalquivir
Malague±a
(From the Spanish Suite ôANDALUCIAö)
Ernesto Lecuona Casado
(1894 - 1963)
4/28/01: Paul Shaw
