Orchestra

Aaron Shorr Since settling in the United Kingdom in 1984, Aaron Shorr has established an international career as soloist, chamber musician, and educator. As well as appearing as soloist at London’s South Bank in more than 30 concertos, he has toured extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician worldwide. More recent

New Mexico Philharmonic The New Mexico Philharmonic is proud to partner with Olga Kern International Piano Competition.  The New Mexico Philharmonic is pleased to support this event by providing the opportunity for the finalists to perform with the orchestra. The Competition provides the New Mexico Philharmonic’s audiences an opportunity to see developing world-class pianists

Philippe Raskin Born in Brussels, Philippe Raskin devoted himself to music at a very early age. His performances have been illustrated as a “model of radiant authority (...), solar, generous, committed, and under control (MDM, La Libre Belgique) and plays “with an impressive confidence” (JK, Mundo Clasico).  Philippe began piano lessons

Awadagin Pratt Among his generation of concert artists, pianist Awadagin Pratt is acclaimed for his musical insight and intensely involving performances in recital and with symphony orchestras. Born in Pittsburgh, Awadagin Pratt began studying piano at the age of six. Three years later, having moved to Normal, Illinois, with his family,

Sebastian Lang-Lessing German conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing has been Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra since 2010. In the 2018/19 season, Lang-Lessing debuts with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Odense Symfoniorkester, and he returns to the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, and an immediate re-invitation

Boaz Sharon Boaz Sharon is Professor of Piano at Boston University. He is a Steinway Artist and Artistic Director of the Sichuan International Piano Festival, China. An internationally renowned pianist and artist/teacher, he is the first-prize winner and gold medalist of the Jaen International Piano Competition, Spain. A frequent judge on

Marc Silverman Acclaimed by The New York Times for his “exceptional authority and impeccable taste,” pianist Marc Silverman has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician. His “richly colored sonorities” and “thrilling surges of power” have prompted critics to compare him