Gil Shaham
violin

Performance Dates
October 5/6/7 8:00 PM
ELGAR: Violin Concerto

Internationally recognized by audiences and critics alike as one of today’s most virtuosic and engaging classical artists, Gil Shaham 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.  He last appeared with the ASO in September 2003, performing the Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor.

In addition to his many orchestral engagements Mr. Shaham regularly tours in recital with pianist, Akira Eguchi. He has the good fortune to enjoy 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. Last summer he joined Yefim Bronfman and Truls Mørk in touring and recording Schubert Piano Trios.

Among his more than two dozen concerto and solo CDs are a number of best sellers, appearing on record charts in the US and abroad. These recordings have earned prestigious awards including multiple Grammies, a Grand Prix du Disque, a Diapason d’or, and Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice. Mr. Shaham’s most recent recordings have been produced for his own label, Canary Classics: The Fauré Album with Akira Eguchi and The Prokofiev Album with Orli Shaham.

Mr. Shaham was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1971. He moved with his parents to Israel, where at the age of 7 he began violin studies with Samuel Bernstein of the Rubin Academy of Music. He was 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.

Mr. 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 and their two children.

Updated: 7/06, from ICM website