Pianist Polli Chambers-Salazar has performed across the United States and Canada. She recently presented “Ships and Skyscrapers: Lyonel Feininger and the Music of his Time” at the Norton Simon Museum; this performance was her sixteenth in a series of recitals at the museum focusing on the pairing of art and music. Other recent performances include concerts at Zipper Hall, the AT&T Center Theater, the Marsee Auditorium in Torrance, and Liberty Hall in Los Angeles.

Dr. Chambers-Salazar has been featured as the “Artist of the Morning” on KUSC radio, and has received awards in many competitions, including the Simon-Fiset Competition, the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and the Seattle Young Artists Festival. Music from her recording “First Flight” may be heard on KUSC Classical Radio. In addition, Dr. Chambers-Salazar is the author of Essential Piano Techniques: A Guide to Practice and Performance, published by Kendall Hunt.

Dr. Chambers-Salazar received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California, and is currently the Director of Piano Studies at El Camino College. Previously she served on the keyboard faculty of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.

You may hear more performances by Polli on her YouTube channel.