The Salonnières

Classical artist, composer and master pianist Elizabeth Naccarato has created a veritable portal through time and space on the deeply peaceful and immersive experience offered by her new album “Salonnières”. This altogether unique release not only communicates a rare pause for our modern age where the listener can engage in ethereal beauty, it projects the mind’s eye to a different time and place altogether, allowing us to reflect and bring a gem back into the now. A subtle rapture pervades this powerful and essential work.

“Who you are, is where you’ve been”

During the Enlightenment era in France, a woman referred to as a Salonnière would host salon parties in her home. She would invite and facilitate musical artists, writers and thinkers in order to engage in stimulating and inspiring discourse. Among the pianists who played at these gatherings were Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Franz List and Claude Debussy. Chopin loved performing at these intimate gatherings, as he was less fond of large public performances. He probably perfected his improvisational skills during these events, and undoubtedly wowed the guests.
My piano composing has always been inspired by The Repertoire and the great composers.

“This collection contains some of those works, as well as my compositions that were inspired by them. The alberti bass of Mozart, the appoggiaturas and suspensions of Brahms, variations of Mozart and Chopin, improvisational runs, recitatives, and meters are some of the compositional devices that are indelibly imprinted in my mind and work. I hope that you listen to this record in an intimate space, and that it gives you serenity and inspiration. Thank you for coming and engaging.

Your salonnière,
Elizabeth