“ He captures just the right balance of clarity, swiftness of attack, poetry and élan: every note shines with sun-reflecting clarity as the finales whirl along. ”

BBC Music Magazine
“ The way in which he plays is reminiscent of a great poet singing at a grand piano. ”

Marcus Stabler, Hamburger Abendblatt
“ Ashkar’s is an art that disguises art and his performances are among the finest in the catalogue. ”

Bryce Morrison, Gramophone Magazine
“ His interpretations seem to reflect an almost spiritual connection to the music itself. ”

Marcus Stabler, Hamburger Abendblatt
“ Saleem Ashkar played with muscularity, subtlety and grace in an excellent performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto No. 5. ”

Garth Wilshere, Capital Times
“ Saleem Ashkar had a perfect mix of vibrant youthful energy and sophisticated maturity in this performance. ”

Hans Bünte, Saarbrucker Zeitung
“ A formidable musician…who has a mixture of warmth and clarity, intensity and freshness that simply grabs you: Pure Beethoven-joy. ”

Die Welt
“ The formidable pianist formed the work's lyric-earnest mood balancing the expressions of doubtful thoughtfulness and virtuosic abandon with playfulness and beauty of sound. ”

Matthias Nöther, Berliner Morgenpost
“ He captivated the public with his broad spectrum of nuanced tone colours and lush fantasy. ”

Marcus Stabler, Hamburger Abendblatt

Concert Dates

January 1, 1970

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Please find an overview of the coming year and the specific dates for the concerts in the coming weeks:

In 2025 Saleem will start a new residency at The Queen’s Hall in Copenhagen to include a chamber music concert on the 25th of March and a recital on the 25th of Nov.

He will be returning to the Lyon symphony orchestra on October 31st and November 2nd with Mozart’s c minor concerto.
And will return with the same concerto to the St. Louis Symphony orchestra on February 21 and 23.
He will debut on January 17th and 18th with the Milwaukee symphony playing Mendelssohn 1st piano concerto.

Saleem returns to the Prague arts academy to complete his residency, performing a recital and giving masterclasses on May 10th and 11th.
He will debut at Leipzig’s Bach festival with the Galilee chamber June 14th and continues to Madrid on the 16th of June.

Later in the year, Saleem tours with the GCO to the U.S. returning to NY Carnegie hall, and debuting at the Philadelphia Kimmel centre and the Dallas Symphony Hall between the 17th and 21st of Nov.

His recital tour this year is centred around Schuman and Brahms and includes performances in Freiburg, Prague’s Rudolfinum, Copenhagen, Philadelphia, Oslo and Berlin.

He will give masterclasses and play a duo recital with Violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider at the Accordi musicali festival in Pescara.

Saleem returns to Brahms 1st piano concert and the Württemberg philharmonic with concerts in Reutlingen and Stuttgart and to the Grieg concerto with the Bucharest Radio orchestra.
In October he performs Schumann with the Gävle symphony orchestra.

Venue: Venue TBC

January 1, 1970

-January 9th Homburg recital with Schumann, Chopin and Brahms.
-January 17th and 18th Mendelssohn piano concerto nr.1 with the Milwaukee symphony and Nicholas Mcgegan
-February 8th,9th and 10th, Brahms piano concert nr.1 with Württemberg philharmonic and Ariane Matiakh.
-February 21st,22nd and 23rd Mozart concerto in c minor KV.491 with the St. Louis symphony and David Afkham
-March 25th 1st concert of the Schumann residency at Queen's hall Copenhagen. Clara Schumann, Eric Nathan trios and Lu Wang and Robert Schumann's quintets

Venue: Venue TBC

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