Nicolás Pellón in Charleston: Piano Recital

Date: November 10, 2026

Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm

Location: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, 90 Hasell St, Charleston, SC 29401

N.B. Ticket sales only via Eventbrite ($29.52) or exact cash at the door ($30).

Program subject to change.
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Nicolás Pellón, piano. nicolaspellon.com

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Keyboard Suite in g minor, BuxWV 242
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333
---Intermission---
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Dances of Marosszék
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118

Nicolás Pellón was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He made his orchestral debut at sixteen, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major with the Charlottesville Youth Orchestra under Kenneth Nafziger. Pellón continued his studies in piano performance at the University of Maryland School of Music on full scholarship, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music on full teaching assistantship. His principal teachers were Barbara Chapdelaine, Mimi Tung, Santiago Rodríguez, and Edward Auer.

Pellón has given concerts in Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Recent notable engagements include a solo recital at the Flatiron Festival in New York City, and a duo recital with cellist Francisco Vila in Alexandria, Virginia. 2026-2027 sees Pellón in solo recital up and down the East Coast, and on tour with violinist Kamila Bydlowska.

Over the course of his teaching career, Pellón has taught on the piano faculties of the Indiana University Pre-College and Secondary Piano programs, the International School of Music in Bethesda, and as a guest instructor for Eastern Michigan University, Radford University, the University of South Florida, as well as private studios. He currently teaches at and runs the Nicolás Pellón Piano Studio in Laurel, Maryland. His students have been accepted to prestigious B.M. programs at institutions including Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes School of Music, McGill University Schulich School of Music, Peabody Institute, the Universities of Colorado Boulder, Houston, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina School of the Arts, South Florida, Texas Austin, Eastern Michigan University, Roosevelt University, and Temple University; as well as to summer music festivals and schools including Adamant, Brevard, Eastern Music Festival, Edward Auer Summer Piano Workshop, Interlochen, Rocky Ridge, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, and the Tel-Hai International Piano Masterclasses.