Oberlin College and Conservatory

CANCELLED: Guest Recital: Ory Shihor, piano

Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Conservatory of Music Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, Oberlin, OH

This event has been cancelled.
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A conservatory guest recital performed by Ory Shihor, piano.

Free admission

Program to be announced
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According to New York Newsday, Ory Shihor is "the first important Israeli pianist to come along in years." He has established himself as one of the leading young pianists in America today with highly successful debuts in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh. Mr. Shihor is a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, a prize winner at the 9th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and was the first prize winner at the 1999 Washington International Piano Competition. Mr. Shihor's recent performances include recitals at the Kennedy Center and at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., as well as at the Chautauqua Music Festival.

In addition to his successful New York City debut at the 92nd Street "Y", Mr. Shihor's other New York appearances include recitals for the Frick Collection and Merkin Hall. His orchestral engagements have included the Haifa Symphony Orchestra in Israel and in America, the Austin Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, Missouri Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the Memphis Chamber Orchestra among others. One of the more extended engagements with orchestras have included an invitation by the Liege Philharmonic for Mr. Shihor to appear as the featured guest soloist on their IS-concert North American tour, under Music Director Pierre Bartholomee.

Mr. Shihor's past appearances have included the Ravinia "Rising Star" Series, the Newport Music Festival and the Cape May Music Festival, in addition to recitals across North America. His international concert debuts have included appearances in Germany, Spain and the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

Born in Tel Aviv, Mr. Shihor was a recipient of the America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships from the age of 12. He came to the United States at the age 15 to work with Jorge Bolet at the Curtis Institute of Music, and later studied at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Gina Bachauer Prize. His other teachers have included John Perry and Russell Sherman. Mr. Shihor is currently residing in Los Angeles and is the co-chair of the piano department at the Colburn School of Performing Arts.

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