Salomon Jadassohn (13 August 1831 – 1 February 1902) was a German pianist, composer, and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Jadassohn was born to a Jewish family living in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia.
There he studied composition with Moritz Hauptmann, Ernst Richter and Julius Rietz, as well as piano with Ignaz Moscheles.
Over the years, he became a renowned teacher, and Ferruccio Busoni, Frederick Delius, Paul Homeyer, Richard Franck, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Ruben Liljefors, Elisabeth Wintzer, Emil Reznicek and Felix Weingartner, Bernard Zweers and Cornelis Dopper were among his many students.
1 was performed to acclaim at a public premiere (since his death) by soloist Valentina Seferinova and the Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Denis Vlasenko in Petrozavodsk, Russia on 20 December 2008.
Salomon Jadassohn
Jadassohn in the 1860s
A page from Jadassohn's
string quartet
(dedicated to
Moritz Hauptmann
), published in the 1850s - the end of the second group, just before the coda of the first movement.
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Improvisationen Op.75 No.6 Capriccio
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Improvisationen Op.75 No.5 Bitte
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Improvisationen Op.75 No.1 Bolero
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Improvisationen Op.75 No.2 Ländler
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Improvisationen Op.75 No.3 Zwiegespräch
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Op.40 Theme and 10 Variations
Kaila Rochelle keyboard performance of Jadassohn: Op.8 Capriccio giocoso
