Shai Wosner continues to attract international recognition for his exceptional artistry, imaginative programming and musical integrity. With a wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Ligeti and composers of his own generation, he has been hailed by the Financial Times as "an artist to follow keenly". Recent and upcoming engagements include recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the 92nd Street Y in New York, a critically acclaimed debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, appearances with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and performances with the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and members of the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall. As a BBC New Generation Artist, he continues performing and recording with several BBC Orchestras. In 2005, Shai Wosner won an Avery Fisher Career Grant. In the same year, he received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, which led to the commission of Michael Hersch's Chamber Concerto for Piano and 13 Players. A former member of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society Two, Shai Wosner has performed at festivals including the Ravinia Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart, Grand Teton Music Festival, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest and La Jolla's SummerFest. He has worked with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Slatkin, Donald Runnicles, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta and Hans Graf, and collaborated with such esteemed artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Cho-Liang Lin and Christian Tetzlaff. Shai Wosner resides in New York City.
Photograph taken by Marco Borggreve
I guess one way to describe receiving the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award is being a kid in a candy store...! It is such a terrific opportunity to realize some long-awaiting ideas, while sidestepping obstacles that young artists normally encounter. The support this award gives is truly unique and laudable because it combines the practical with the creative, through the collaboration with the Trust and its panel. And for that I am deeply grateful.