The SUNY Fredonia School of Music presents a guest artist concert with pianist Logan Skelton on Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. A master class with Fredonia piano students is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.
The concert program includes several works by Franz Liszt, plus pieces by Bela Bartok and William Bolcom. Much sought after as a pianist, teacher and composer, Skelton’s work has received international critical acclaim. He has concertized widely in the United States, Europe and Asia and has been featured on many public radio and television stations including NPR’s "Audiophile Audition," "Performance Today," “All Things Considered,” and “Morning Edition,” as well as on radio in China, and national television in Romania.
To date he has recorded ten discs of solo and chamber repertoire for Centaur, Albany, and Crystal Records in addition to performing on two pianos with composer/pianist William Bolcom on a disc for Naxos Records. As a composer he has a special affinity for art song, having composed numerous song cycles.
His works have been performed throughout the world by a variety of musicians in such settings as Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, Tblisi in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, Australia, as well as numerous cities throughout the United States including Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Tampa, New Orleans, Lincoln, Houston, Detroit, and many others.
He composed the required work for the 1993 New Orleans International Piano Competition. He is a regular guest artist at prestigious music festivals such as Gina Bachauer, Eastman, Tunghai, MTNA National Convention, Chautauqua Institution, New Orleans, American Romanian, Eastern, Indiana University, Hilton Head Island, Poland International, and the Prague International Piano Masterclasses.
He is a frequent juror for international piano competitions.
