Adam Hostomsky

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Bio

Adam Hostomsky is an accomplished pianist, composer, and accompanist dedicated to bringing deep insight and virtuoso fireworks in both traditional and experimental repertoire to audiences in San Diego and around the world. 

      "Hostomsky is a gifted artist, playing difficult pieces as Scarlatti's Sonata K35 in g minor, with manic energy that matches his virtuoso skills. The concert might include his renditions of works by Haydn, Chopin, or Bach, but whatever he plays, classical fans or anyone who likes instrumental piano music will be impressed by his delivery, clearly full of passion for the music he is performing." (Bart Mendoza, sdnews.com)

A graduate of La Jolla High, UCSB, and CalArts, past projects include performances of Romantic era Mexican piano music, eccentric French composers, and Czech modernism, in addition to traditional repertoire. Adam is currently performing "Elevated Salon" French music of the late 19th century.

Bio#2

Award winning classical pianist Adam Hostomsky is dedicated to bringing deep insight and virtuoso fireworks to audiences in San Diego and the world. Adam was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and started playing piano at the age of 3 1/2. At age 8 his family settled in La Jolla, a coastal town in San Diego, CA and continued his musical development. He studied with Betty Oberacker at University of California Santa Barbara and received a Master of Fine Arts Piano Performance from California Institute of Arts in 2005 where he studied with Peter Miyamoto and Liam Viney. In addition to the standard repertoire Adam Hostomsky is involved in the discovery of unheard music from past centuries. Unique performances include half-tone compositions of Czech composer Alois Haba - Los Angeles Disney’s REDCAT hall in 2005, major works of Ricardo Castro 2016-2020. He is a popular local performer in San Diego with over 100 concerts.

Third place Bienal de Piano mexicali 2016. 

https://icbcnoticias.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/ganadores-bienal-internacional-de-piano-2016/

About the music: Theme Varie is Mexican composer Ricardo Castro's last published piece. It consists of a theme, five variations, and a finale. The entire piece is influenced by Schumann's Symphonic Etudes and contains small hints of Mexican idiom and Latin musical style. After the theme, Castro's trademark virtuoso passagework begins to connect the melodic material culminating in the last variation itself a direct representation of Schumann's last variation in g sharp minor. The finale triumphantly ends the piece with a brilliant polonaise. 

Monday, September 29, 2025 at noon at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,

1008 Wall St. in La Jolla.

www.ljathenaeum.org/events/mini-concert-2025-0929 

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Sonata in C Minor, K.526 Allegro comodo
Sonata in C Major, K.527 Allegro assai
Sonata in F Minor, K.365 Allegro
Sonata in A Major, K.533 Allegro assai
Sonata in F Major, K.518 Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, WTC book II, BWV 871
Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major, WTC book II, BWV 876
Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC book II, BWV 881 

Ricardo Castro (1864–1907)
Thème Varié, Op. 47

Monday February 12, 12pm

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

Domenico Scarlatti 

Sonata in E Major K380 Andante comodo

Sonata in b minor K27 Allegro 

Sonata in B flat Major K545 Prestissimo

Sonata in f minor K365 Allegro

Sonata in a minor K382 Allegro 

Franz Schubert - Sonata in e minor D566

I. Moderato

II. Allegretto

Isaac Albeniz - Suite Ancienne #3:

 I. Minuetto

 II. Gavota

Albert Chandelier - Rhapsodie hongroise Op.13

encore: Frederic Chopin - Impromptu #1 in A flat Major Op.29, Solemne (2017) - original 

Friday, October 20, 2023 at 1PM

Coronado Library, Winn Room

Program for October 20, 2023

Frederic Chopin - Impromptu #1 in A flat Major Op.29

Franz Schubert - Sonata in e minor D566

I. Moderato

II. Allegretto

Domenico Scarlatti 

Sonata in f minor K365 Allegro

Sonata in B flat Major K545 Prestissimo

Sonata in C Major K527 Allegro assai

Sonata in A Major K513 Allegro assai

Isaac Albeniz - Suite Ancienne #3:

 I. Minuetto

 II. Gavota

Albert Chandelier - Rhapsodie hongroise Op.13

encore: Poulenc - Nocturne #7

Program for August 23, 2023

Encinitas Library Wednesdays@noon

Sonata in F Major K518  Allegro                                             Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in C Major K527 Allegro assai

Sonata in A Major K513 Allegro assai

Sonata in E flat Major “Les Adieux” Op.81a                         Ludwig van Beethoven 

I. Adagio - Allegro

Nocturne #8 Tres modere                                                      Francois Poulenc 

Nocturne #7 Assez allant

Nocturne #1 Sans trainer

Nocturne #2 Tres anime “Bal de jeunes filles” 

"Chopin" Op.9 #12 (Carnaval)                                                 Robert Schumann

Pantalon et Colombine Op.9 #15

Symphonic etude Op.13 #3

Symphonic etude Op.13 #6

Valse Noble Op.9 #4

Encores: Zdenek Fibich "Poem" Op 41#139, Solemne (2017) original

February 27, 2023 at noon at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. in La Jolla. 

Program:

Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Gavotte with variations 

Josef Suk -- Love Song Op.7#1

-- Spring Op. 22#5

Johann Sebastian Bach -- Prelude and Allemande in B flat major from Partita #1 BWV825

Zdenko Fibich    Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences

-- Andante amoroso #36

-- Lento #139 "Poem"

-- Allegretto #21

-- Lento #82

-- Vivace #236

-- Andante #65

-- Moderato #48

Frederick Chopin -- Scherzo #2 

Encore: Waltz #4 (original 2022)

About the program:

Rameau Gavotte: One of the most popular pieces for harpsichord from the French Baroque period, the Gavotte et 6 doubles concludes the expansive Suite in 'a' minor. Similar to other Baroque variation sets the theme is traditionally played slowly in highly ornamented fashion. The first two variations are related by their scale pattern in alternating hands similarly to the final two variations related by an original arpeggio pattern - later used by Schumann in Symphonic etudes. The music feels Gothic with a special emotional drive towards an epic conclusion. 

Suk Love Song: Josef Suk bridged the gap between the Czech late romantic and modern periods. Mostly known for his orchestral and violin music, his early piano pieces like the op.7 set written at 17 years old contain originality with lush romantic ideas and are popular with many Czech pianists. "Love Song" is an ABA form with a dramatic middle section and a catchy motif in the opening. The op.22 Spring and Summer cycle is more mature but still deeply rooted in the romantic tradition. 

Fibich Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences: The complete cycle of Fibich's Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences written in the mid 1890's spans across several Opus numbers 41, 44, 47, 57 and contains a total of 373 pieces making it the largest set from the Romantic era as far as I know. Like the sonatas of Scarlatti they are often rich in originality and sometimes clones. In Fibich's case ideas and melodies are purposefully repeated throughout the set. As a whole the set tends to the slower and quieter side of music with frequent use of pianississimo dynamics and Lento (slow) tempo indications. #139 known as "Poem" is Fibich's most famous piece has been transcribed for numerous arrangements including violin and pop orchestra.

Encinitas Wednesday@noon January 4, 2023

Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Gavotte with 6 variations 

Josef Suk -- Love Song Op.7#1

-- Longing Op. 22#5

Zdenko Fibich -- "Our love" Op.41#36

  -- "Poem" Op.41#139

J.S. Bach  --  Partita #1 in Bb major

Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet I, II, Gigue

Encinitas Wednesday@noon August 24, 2022

Program for August 24, 2022

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Well Tempered Clavier book 2 - 

• Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major

• Prelude and Fugue in f minor

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) -

• Gavotte et 6 doubles 

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) -

• Impromptu #1 in A flat Major Op.29

Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871) - 

• Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opera 'La Straniera' de Bellini Op.9

Louis Morreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

• "La Gitanella" Caprice caracteristique Op.35

• "Hurrah Galop" Caprice Op.61

Encinitas Wednesday@noon April 6, 2022

Toccata in d minor #6 --- Carlos de Seixas (1704-1742)

from Sonata in D Major K576 --- Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)

II Adagio

III Allegretto

from Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences Op.41  --- Zdenko Fibich (1850-1900)

#65 Andante

#85 Allegretto agitato

#67 Allegretto 

#139 Lento “poem”

#236 Vivace

#36 Andante amoroso “our love”

#161 Andantino

#82 Lento

#48 Moderato “fugue”

Scherzo #2 Op.31 --- Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Encinitas Wedenesday@noon Sep. 1, 2021

Ricardo Castro 

Melodia op. 8

Johannes Brahms

3 variations from Variations on an Original Theme op.21

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in g minor K35 Allegro

Sonata in g minor K43 Allegrissimo

Sonata in B flat major K545 Prestissimo

Sonata in c minor K526 Allegro comodo

Sonata in C major K527 Allegro assai

Sonata in G major K201 Vivo

Sonata in b minor K27 Allegro

Sonata in A major K533 Allegro assai

Ernesto Nazareth 

“1922” Tango Brazileiro

Past concerts before 2021 and other information is on old website https://sites.google.com/site/adamhostomskypianist/. This website has been frozen. Past Concerts are also at the bottom of this page.

Program notes

Rameau Gavotte: One of the most popular pieces for harpsichord from the French Baroque period, the Gavotte et 6 doubles concludes the expansive Suite in 'a' minor. Similar to other Baroque variation sets the theme is traditionally played slowly in highly ornamented fashion. The first two variations are related by their scale pattern in alternating hands similarly to the final two variations related by an original arpeggio pattern-later used by Schumann in Symphonic etudes. The music has a Gothic feel and presses forward to an epic conclusion. 

Thalberg Op.9: This rare early fantasia based on music from the opera La Straniera (The foreign woman) by Vincenzo Bellini from 1830. The music is filled with Thalberg's usual virtuoso flair, especially in the lavish interludes which transition the larger melodic sections. If you are offended by mindless note spinning, you might want to sit this one out! The fantasia has several special features. The pattern of the left hand accompaniment of the first theme is an invention of Thalberg later used by other composers of the salon genre. So much so that it is employed by about half of the fantasias of Ignace Leybach, a one time student of Chopin. Thalberg's variation of this accompaniment into sextuplets goes further than Leybach's overall simpler style ever does. The piece as a whole especially in the first and last sections bear an unmistakable resemblance to many fantasias of the later Leybach, as if Leybach based his entire output of opera fantasies on this piece. Before the finale the pleasant salon character is interrupted by a Beethovenian fugal development, a feature later totally abandoned by Thalberg, favoring his "3 hand" writing for the climactic section. 

Gottschalk 'La Gitanella' The American composer and pianist Louis Moreaux Gottschalk is remembered by handful of pieces namely "The Banjo", L'Union, and Bamboula. There are over 100 other magical pieces all containing the wit and natural sense of melody we have come to adore about his music. "La Gitanella" (the gypsy girl) is in "ABA" form. Novel techniques and difficult figurations mimicking gypsy music are enveloped in a minor romantic sound in feminine character. The "A" section opens with a question-answer dance pattern with grace notes, this is followed by some entertaining leaps, closing with a long pause 'silencio' before a final flourish. The "B" section turns to the relative major in a simple song like melody as the dance continues in the accompaniment, the variation adds a rolling middle voice - and was really hard to learn! The "A" section is repeated to concludes the piece.

Schubert Wanderer: The Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 (D. 760) composed in 1822, popularly known as the Wanderer Fantasy, is not really a fantasy in terms of form but rather a revolutionary sonata structure where the movements are connected through interesting interludes thus the whole piece is played without break. The popular title "Wanderer" is usually added because the theme is based on a 8 bar segment form Schubert's own song "Der Wanderer" for voice and piano from 1816. The theme is played in truncated form throughout the piece and in original form in the Adagio movement.  The piece was extremely influential, not only in its form, but also in piano technique. Franz Liszt was so obsessed with the piece that he rewrote it with embellishments for piano, two pianos, and for piano with orchestra. Its influence is far reaching, not only in Liszt's works such as the Sonata in b minor S.178 which uses its now universal unified form concept, but many other composers. Alkan's Aesop's Feast variations Op.39#12 might be influenced by the Adagio, and Scherzo Focoso Op.34 uses strikingly similar keyboard novelties as the Wanderer's finale Allegro. 

Here is Oxford's translation of the lyrics to the original song from German: From a poem by the same name by Georg Philipp Schmidt (1766-1849)

I come from the mountains;

the valley steams, the ocean roars.

I wander, silent and joyless,

and my sighs for ever ask: Where?

Here the sun seems so cold,

the blossom faded, life old,

and men’s words mere hollow noise;

I am a stranger everywhere.

Where are you, my beloved land?

Sought, dreamt of, yet never known!

The land so green with hope,

the land where my roses bloom,

Where my friends walk,

where my dead ones rise again,

the land that speaks my tongue,

O land, where are you?

I wander, silent and joyless,

and my sighs for ever ask: Where?

In a ghostly whisper the answer comes:

‘There, where you are not, is happiness!’

"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music"

Sergei Rachmaninoff

"The piano ain't got no wrong notes"

Thelonious Monk

"It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible"

Heinrich Neuhaus

“I’d rather hear the wrong notes of a good musician than the right notes of a bad one”

Audiences

Past Events 

Solo Recital

May 8, 2019, 12:00-12:50 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

Carlos Seixas (1704-1742)

Sonata #22 in d minor

I.Allegro

II.Minuetto 

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in c minor Allegro commodo K526

Sonata in g minor Presto e fugato K373

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in b minor Hob.XVI/32

I.Allegro moderato

II. Menuet, Trio

III. Presto

Melesio Morales (1838-1908)

Pasionaria para piano

Capricho Elegante

Solo Recital

April 3, 2019, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti:

Sonata in Bb major K551

Sonata in g minor K35

Sonata in g minor K43

Sonata in g minor K373

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)/Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)

Air (From the Suite for Orchestra, #3 in D major)

Prelude in e minor BWV555

Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900)

Selections from Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences

#139 Reminiscence, Lento, “Poem”

#247 Mood, Vivace

#82 Impression, Lento

#36 Mood, Andante amoroso, “our love”

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Humoresque Op.7#2

“Longing” Op.22#5

Ricardo Castro:

Vals de Concierto Op.25

Solo Recital

Friday, October 26, 2018, midday at 12:30, "Brown Bag" Piano series, Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti:

Sonata in g minor K373

Melesio Morales, Primer Capricho Elegante

Ricardo Castro: Polonesa

Solo Recital

April 2, 2018 12:00-1:00pm Lyceum Theater, 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti:

Sonata in g minor K35

Sonata in g minor K43

Sonata in Bb major K551

Sonata in E major K380

Sonata in b minor K27

Ricardo Castro:

Polonesa Op.11

Balada Op.5

Moritz Moszkowski 3 Morceaux

Venetian Sketch

Impromptu

Mad Race

Solo Recital

February 26, 2018 12:00-1:00pm Athenaeum 1008 Wall St. La Jolla, 92037

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti:

Sonata in g minor K35

Sonata in g minor K43

Ricardo Castro:

Polonesa Op.11

Mazurca en si menor

Vals Sentimental

Vals de Concierto Op.25

Balada en sol menor Op.5

Solo Recital

January 3, 2018, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

Wolfgang A. Mozart Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major

I. Allegro con spirito

II. Andante con espressione

III. Rondeau: allegro

Charles V. Alkan Premier Nocturne Op. 21

Ricardo Castro Polonesa Op. 11

Moritz Moszkowski On the Water Op. 83#2, Mad Race Op. 73#3

Solo Recital

Friday, September 22, 2017, midday at 12:30, "Brown Bag" Piano series, Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Program:

Wolfgang A. Mozart Sonata in D major K311

Moritz Moszkowski 3 Morceaux Op.73

Sigismond Stojowski 2 Pensees Musicales

Charles V. Alkan Premier Nocturne Op.22

Duo Concert with Annabelle Terbetski, viola

January 4, 2017, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program: 

Robert Schumann Marchenbilder Op.113

Franz Liszt Romance Oubliee

Darius Milhaud 4 Visages

Bohuslav Martinu Sonata for Viola and Piano

Duo Concert with Annabelle Terbetski, viola

January 7, 2017, 2:00-3:00, Saturday, La Jolla Riford Library

Program: 

Robert Schumann Marchenbilder Op.113

Franz Liszt Romance Oubliee

Darius Milhaud 4 Visages

Bohuslav Martinu Sonata for Viola and Piano

Solo Recital

September 28, 2016, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata K43-g minor Allegro assai

        Sonata K35-g minor Allegro  

Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871)

  Impromptu sur thèmes favorits de l’Opera “Siège de Corinth” de Rossini, Op. 3 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

   Variations on an Original Theme Op.21#1

Ricardo Castro (1864-1907)

  Vals de Concierto Op.25 

Solo Recital

Friday, September 16, 2016, midday at 12:30, "Brown Bag" Piano series, Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Program:

Ignace Leybach (1817-1891)

  Fantaisie elegante 'Fausto' sur opera de Gounod, Op.35

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

   Variations on an Original Theme Op.21#1

Ricardo Castro (1864-1907)

  Vals de Concierto Op.25 

Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871)

  Impromptu sur thèmes favorits de l’Opera “Siège de Corinth” de Rossini, Op. 3      

Concert

July 16, 2016, 7pm, Seacrest Village (RSVP), Encinitas

Program:

Ignace Leybach (1817-1891)

 Fantaisie elegante 'Fausto' sur opera de Gounod, Op.35

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

  Sonata in g  Allegro K35

  Sonata in C Allegro assai K527
  Sonata in b  Allegro K27
  Sonata in E  Andante commodo K380
  Sonata in G  Vivo K201
Ricardo Castro (1864-1907)
  Melodia Op.8 #2
  Vals de Concierto Op.25

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

  Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66
Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871)
  Impromptu sur thèmes favorits de l’Opera “Siège de Corinth” de Rossini, Op. 3

Fundraiser "A Musical Path to Recovery"

June 12, 2016, 4pm, Private home RSVP

Classical Latin American piano music

Ricardo Castro,    Vals de Concierto Op.25

            Variacion

            Melodia Op.8#2

Solo Recital

Friday, November 20, 2015, midday at 12:30, "Brown Bag" Piano series, Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti, Sonatas 

    K529-C major Allegro

        K380-E major Andante commodo

Ricardo Castro, Ballada Op.5

Alois Hába, Six Moods Op. 102(1973) 

Alois Hába, from 4 Dances, Boston(1926)

Bedrich Smetana, Memories of Pilsen

Louis Moreaux Gottschalk, Hurrah Gallop

Concert with "Quartet Nouveau"

Sunday, November 8, 4pm , First UMC, Chula Vista, 1200 E H St, Chula Vista, 91910 

Program:

Sofia Gubaidulina, Piano Quintet

Charles Valentin Alkan, Rondo Brillant

Enrique Granados, Piano Quintet in g minor

Concert with "Quartet Nouveau"

Friday, November 6, 2015, 6pm,  RSVP, Private Concert in Solana Beach. 

Concert with "Quartet Nouveau"  

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, midday, 12:00-12:45, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr. 92024 

Program:

Sofia Gubaidulina, Piano Quintet

Charles Valentin Alkan, Rondo Brillant

Solo Recital

Friday, September 25, 2015, midday at 12:30 "Brown Bag" Piano series, Coronado Library, 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti, Sonatas K43-g minor, K551-Bb Major, K27-b minor, K35-g minor,

J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G major WTC bkI

Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66

Ricardo Castro, Vals Capricho Op.1

Solo Recital

January 7, 2015, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

J.S. Bach, Partita in Bb major

                       Praeludium

                       Allemande

                       Courant

                       Sarabande

                       Menuet I, II

                       Gigue

F. Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66

F. Poulenc, (born 1.7.1899), Huit Nocturnes FP56 #7, #1

Alois Hába, from 6 Klavierstucke Op.6 (1920), #5 Lento, dolce con molta espressione.

            from 4 Dances, Boston

Solo Recital

September 3, 2014, 12:00-12:45 Wednesdays@noon concert, Encinitas Library. 540 Cornish Dr. 92024

Program:

D. Scarlatti, Sonata in b minor K27      

              Sonata in Bb major, K551

              Sonata in C major, K527

              Sonata in E major K380

Josef Suk, Legend Op.10#1

Alois Hába, 6 Moods Op.102

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