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Gil Shaham, violin
Sunday - November 4, 2007 - 8 p.m.
•See video and read an interview with Mr. Shaham. |
Violinist Gil Shaham is internationally recognized
by audiences and critics alike as one of today's most virtuosic and engaging
classical artists. He is sought after throughout the world for concerto
appearances with celebrated orchestras and conductors,
as well as for recital and ensemble appearances on the great concert
stages and at the most prestigious festivals.
Shaham's 2006-07 season included appearances with the New York Philharmonic,
Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National
Symphony, Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony,
and U.S. tours with both the Chicago Symphony and Orpheus. In addition to recital tours
in Europe and Japan he will appear abroad with the orchestras of Berlin, Copenhagen
and Moscow, and with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
as part of their 70th Anniversary concerts.
In addition to his many orchestral engagements Mr. Shaham regularly tours in recital
with pianist, Akira Eguchi. He enjoys musical collaboration with his family as well,
including his wife, violinist Adele Anthony, his sister pianist Orli Shaham and his
brother-in-law, conductor David Robertson. In spring 2007 his dream of bringing together
friends and colleagues for chamber music will come to fruition in a tour of Brahms programs,
culminating in a series of three concerts at Carnegie's Zankel Hall.
Among his more than two dozen concerto and solo CDs, are a number of best sellers,
appearing on record charts in the U.S. and abroad. These recordings have earned
prestigious awards including multiple Grammys, a Grand Prix du Disque, Diaposon d'or
and Gramophone Editor's Choice. Mr. Shaham's most recent recordings have been
produced for his own label "Canary Classics"-The Faure Album with Akira Eguchi
and the Prokofiev Album with Orli Shaham.
Shaham was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1971. He moved with his parents
to Israel where at age 7 he began violin studies with Samuel Bernstein of the Rubin
Academy of Music and granted annual scholarships by the America-Israel Cultural
Foundation. In 1981, while studying with Haim Taub in Jerusalem, he made debuts
with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic. That same year he began
his studies with Dorothy DeLay and Jens Ellerman at Aspen. In 1982, after taking
first prize in Israel's Claremont Competition, he became a scholarship student
at Juilliard, where he has worked with Ms. DeLay and Hyo Kang. He has also
studied at Columbia University.
Gil Shaham was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990.
He plays the 1699 "Countess Polignac" Stradivarius. He lives in New York City
with his wife, violinist
Adele Anthony and their two children.
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