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“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 Weill and Avery Fisher halls. In the last season, he was invited as a recitalist at Barge Concerts, as a a chamber musician at the Ravinia Festival, and as soloist in concertos by Brahms, Mozart, and Timothy Andres.

Concertos:

Hans Abrahamsen

Piano Concerto (composed 1999)

Bach

Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052

Beethoven

Concerto no. 3 in c minor, Op. 37
Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Choral Fantasia in C major, Op. 80

Brahms

Concerto no. 1 in d minor, Op. 15

Mozart

Concerto no. 12 in A major, K. 414
Concerto no. 24 in c minor, K. 491

Rachmaninoff

Concerto no. 2 in c minor

Schumann

Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

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, Chamber Music Northwest, and at the Mostly Mozart Festival. In David’s two seasons performing at the Tanglewood Festival, he performed as a concerto soloist in the Festival of Contemporary Music, and worked with such renowned new music performers as Ursula Oppens and Charles Rosen. David Kaplan's principal mentors have been Claude Frank, Walter Ponce, and Miyoko Lotto. He has also learned from many other distinguished musicians, including Emanuel Ax, Leon Fleisher, Pamela Frank, Richard Goode, Anton Kuerti, Itzhak Perlman, and Murray Perahia. While in pursuit of a DMA from the Yale School of Music, David is currently based in Berlin under the auspices of a Fulbright Scholarship. He earned his Bachelor at the University of California in Los Angeles, where he was the winner of 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.

Away from the piano, David is a passionate cook, and is mildly obsessed with classic cars.