A conversation with acclaimed pianist Thomas Sauer who's in Winnipeg for the 2016 Agassiz Chamber Music Festival. Missed it? Watch it here!

Pianist Thomas Sauer is highly sought after as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher.

Some of Mr. Sauer’s recent appearances include concerto performances with the Quad-City and Tallahassee Symphonies and the Greenwich Village Orchestra. He's done solo performances at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), Merkin Concert Hall, Rockefeller University, and St. John’s College, Oxford, as well as appearances on Broadway as the pianist in 33 Variations-- a play about the composition of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations.

With his long-time duo partner Colin Carr, Mr. Sauer has appeared at the Wigmore Hall (London), Holywell Music Room (Oxford), the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Musikgebouw, Bargemusic (New York City), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), and Princeton University, among many other venues.

Other appearances include recitals with Midori at the Philharmonie in Berlin and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels; performances with members of the Juilliard String Quartet at the Library of Congress; and numerous concerts with the Brentano String Quartet.

 

 

Catch Thomas Sauer perform live at the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival  Friday night (June 10) for the festival's finale concert

Here is a small sample of his playing: