Activities

“I was immensely impressed by the professionalism, integrity and enormous personal commitment of his interpretations.”

- John O'Conor

David Kaplan, Pianist

Since his debut as a concerto soloist at the age of nine, pianist David Kaplan has been lauded for his maturity, elegance, and fire at the keyboard. First appearing in recital at the Bard Festival in 1994, he has performed in such prestigious venues as Merkin and Avery Fisher halls. In the last season, he was invited as a recitalist at Barge Concerts and for concerto performances at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. 

Happening this season:

March 3, 2008, 8pm

Laderman at Carnegie Hall: Interior Landscapes I and Interior Landscapes II for two pianos, along with other works by the composer.

Weill Hall, at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

April 15, 1 p.m.

Chamber Music in Maryland! Tchaikovsky Piano Trio and other works.

Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

April 30, 8:00 p.m.

This concert includes the premier of a chamber concerto written for me by Timothy Andres, Mozart's Piano Concerto K.414, and the Bartok piano and percussion sonata, with the astounding Greg Anderson, Mike Zell and Jihye Chung.

Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 1pm

The Ravinia Festival presents Beethoven Trio Op. 70 no. 1, the "Ghost."

Benett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Il

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 5pm

The Ravinia Festival presents Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 33

Benett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Il

Friday, July 25, 2008, 5pm

The Ravinia Festival presents Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos

Benett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Il

Sunday, February 9, 2009, 2pm

Lyrica Concerts presents Katia Michel and David Kaplan in a piano duo program centered around the Bartok piano and percussion sonata, with special guests Mike Zell and Jihye Chung.

In addition to solo appearances, David’s enthusiasm for chamber music has brought him performance opportunities with several distinguished chamber music series: he was the youngest artist ever invited to appear both at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and at the Barge Concerts in New York, and he has also performed for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Chamber Music Northwest. He has been a featured performer at the Mostly Mozart Festival, and was invited for six seasons to the Perlman Music Program, which he first attended at the age of 11.  A particularly memorable highlight for David was the trip to Israel to perform five concerts with selected students from the PMP in conjunction with young musicians from the Rubin Conservatory in Tel Aviv during the winter of 2001. In David’s two seasons performing at the Tanglewood Festival, he worked with many artists including Ursula Oppens and Charles Rosen.

David Kaplan pursues a DMA with Claude Frank at the Yale School of Music, and previously studied with Walter Ponce at the University of California in Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was the recipient of many prestigious distinctions, including having won the the 2004 Concerto Competition and the 2002 and 2003 Artur Rubinyi Piano Competition. David has been a prize winner at Kingsville and Los Angeles Liszt International competitions, and has been a semi-finalist at the Young Concert Artist Auditions and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition.

Prior to 1998, he was a student at the Manhattan School of Music under Miyoko Lotto. He has also learned from many other distinguished musicians, including Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, the late David Golub, Richard Goode, Anton Kuerti, Garrick Ohlsson, Itzhak Perlman, Murray Perhia and Andre Watts. Away from the piano, David enjoys sailing and is mildly obsessed with classic cars. In addition to his music degree, David also did extensive work in the area of political science. Upon graduating, he received one of UCLA’s most prestigious awards, the Distinguished Bruin Award, in recognition of his high achievement in different fields.