Biography

I've long been fascinated by how composers compose. Throughout my years studying piano and harpsichord performance, I found myself delving more deeply into music theory and exploring the blurry lines between improvisation, composition, and performance in baroque music. This led to my current project at Cambridge, in which I reveal the 'building blocks' of Handel's keyboard music to understand what makes it characteristically 'Handelian'. Studying Handel's music in England, his adopted home, makes this research experience even more exciting. As a committed educator and arts advocate, I am passionate about making classical music accessible to all through teaching, writing, and performing. Showing audiences how the music they love works makes it all the more approachable and engaging.

Previous Education

Yale University
New York University

Links

http://www.jonathansalamon.com