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Adam Neiman, pianist |
Adam Neiman has performed as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Belgrade, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Umbria, and Utah, as well as with the New York Chamber Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C. He has collaborated with such conductors as Jiri Belohlavek, Uros Lajovic, Yoël Levi, Andrew Litton, Peter Oundjian, Leonard Slatkin, and Emmanuel Villaume. Known for his diverse recital programs, Neiman has toured throughout the continent, playing in the major halls of Miami, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington D.C., and at Caramoor and Ravinia. He has also given recitals in France, Germany, Italy, and Japan where he made an eight-city tour culminating in his debut at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall.
Neiman’s 2006-2007 season highlights included his debut with the Detroit Symphony performing Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto under the direction of Edwin Outwater, as well as three major solo appearances at New York’s Lincoln Center: a performance of Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra with the Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall; a solo recital at the Lincoln Center; a performance of Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra with the Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall; a solo recital on the Great Performer’s series at Walter Reade Theater. Neiman will perform and record three early Mozart keyboard concertos with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and he will be a featured performer in the Seattle Chamber Music festival “Winter Interlude” at Benaroya Hall with a performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
Neiman has begun to build a widely varied discography, commencing in 2005 with a two-disc set entitled “Adam Neiman Live in Recital” featuring works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann, Fauré, and Rachmaninoff. Future releases include the aforementioned disc of Mozart’s early keyboard concertos with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the world premiere recording of Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio for Naxos. Radio broadcasts featuring Neiman regularly span North American airwaves, and his live performance of the Brahms Rhapsodies, Op. 79 at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival on NPR’s “Performance Today” was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Since his debut at age 11 in Los Angeles’ Royce Hall, he has continued to win many prestigious awards and grants, including the Casagrande International Piano Competition in Italy, the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Young Concert Artists additionally bestowed upon Neiman the Michaels Award and presented him in a critically acclaimed solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. Two-time winner of Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Neiman was honored with the Rubinstein Award in 1999, the same year in which he received the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
An avid chamber musician and composer, his Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano was premiered at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival.