Education: BM '88 The Juilliard School
MM '90 The Juilliard School

Types of Students Taught: Students of all ages accepted, with a special emphasis on Intermediate and Advanced Level Students.

Philosophy: The emphasis throughout is first and foremost always centered around the repertoire...also, much time devoted to the development of technique and style...students are to accept this as a serious commitment.

Teaching Experience: 15 yrs. Private Studio

When the late conductor/composer Morton Gould heard Thomas Pandolfi play Gershwin at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall he raved: "This was the greatest interpretation of the Rhapsody I have heard since Gershwin played it himself." Thomas Pandolfi continues to impress both audiences and critics alike, not only for his dazzling and jazzy Gershwin renditions, but also for his passionate and brilliant performances of the romantic masterworks of the 19th century. While the young Mr. Pandolfi performs a wide ranging repertoire from Bach to Shostakovich, he particularly enjoys reviving the rare and unusual gems of the piano literature by such composers as Anton Rubinstein, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Sigismond Thalberg and Xaver Scharwenka.

The New York Times has noted Pandolfi to be "a pianist of considerable flair," while The Washington Post describes him as "an artist who is master of both the grand gesture and the sensual line...Pandolfi possesses first-rate technical skills, an unerring command of phrasing, a quicksilver touch and cunning legerdemain when it comes to pedaling... etched with calm and crystal clarity...outstanding." The eminent piano critic, Harris Goldsmith, writing for New York Concert Review, characterized Pandolfi's interpretations as containing "high level pianism and tasteful, diversified musical ideas...crystalline textures and deft coloration...charm and bracing elan." Following Thomas Pandolfi's debut with the Asheville Symphony during the 2002- 2003 season, the Asheville Citizen-Times wrote, "The climax of the evening's concert came in Pandolfi's superb performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2...he demonstrated a great technician's grace, finesse, and polish…his virtuosity and strength might have had some believing that Liszt himself had taken over the keyboard. Pandolfi expressed the sweetest motives as well as the most powerful declamations of musical ideas.....his passage work was as smooth as silk."

Recently, Mr. Pandolfi has been a guest soloist with numerous orchestras including the Mississippi Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, the Ohio Valley Symphony, the Fairfax Symphony, and the Lima Symphony; he has collaborated with such conductors as Andreas Delfs, Crafton Beck, Robert Hart Baker, Ron Spigelman and William Hudson.

Past seasons have taken Thomas Pandolfi to concert stages throughout the United States, where he has given recitals in New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, Louisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia. He has appeared on such acclaimed recital series as Chicago's Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, New York's ProPiano Recital Series, Washington DC's Phillips
Collection Music Series, Florida's Rolfs' Piano Series, the National Chamber Orchestra Recital Series, the San Angelo Chamber Music Series, the Alexandria Recital Series and at Strathmore Hall Arts Center.

A native of Washington, DC, Thomas Pandolfi studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki, Gyorgy Sandor and Herbert Stessin at the legendary Juilliard School as a scholarship student. After completing both his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees there, he furthered his studies with the American pianist, Russell Sherman. Thomas Pandolfi is a Steinway Artist.