Orion Weiss

Orion Weiss (born November 8, 1981) is an American classical pianist.

Academia

Weiss began his musical studies at th
Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, Iowa
When his family moved to Lyndhurst, Ohio, he continued his piano studies with Carol Lubetkin, and later with pianist and compose
Edith Reed

He attended the Interlochen Arts Camp between 1991 and 1995. Between 1995 and 2000 he studied with Paul Schenly
Reinberger Chair in Piano
and Head of the Piano Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. During these years, he attended summer music festivals and workshops a
Pianofest
in the Hamptons, the Sergei Babayan International Piano Academy
the Perlman Music Program
and Music Academy of the West. In 2004 he graduated from the Juilliard School in New York earning a Bachelor of Music degree. At Juilliard, he studied with Emanuel Ax.

Weiss has participated regularly in a teaching residency for gifted young musicians in Medellin, Colombia.

Career

In February 1999, Weiss made hi
Cleveland Orchestra
debut performing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1.

In March 1999, with less than 24 hours' notice, Weiss stepped in to replace André Watts for a performance of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 with th
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
He was immediately invited to return to the Orchestra for a performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto in October 1999.

Weiss was featured in the 2004 edition o
''Musical America''
and the March 200

as part of the next generation of great artists in classical music. He has performed with numerous orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, New World Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He made his New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in April 2005. That same year, he made his European debut in a recital at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

Also in 2005, he toured Israel with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Itzhak Perlman. He toured the US with the Orchester der Klangverwaltung Munich conducted by Enoch zu Guttenberg in October 2007. He toured China with the Pittsburgh Symphony in May 2009.

In 2010, he was featured in a recording project of the complete Gershwin works for piano and orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic and JoAnn Falletta.

In the summer of 2011, Weiss made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra a
Tanglewood
He performed with th
San Francisco Symphony
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Lucerne Festival
th
Denver Friends of Chamber Music
 th
Kennedy Center's Fortas Series
and th
92nd Street Y
and at th
AspenBardRavinia
an
Grand Teton
summer festivals.

As a recitalist and chamber musician, Weiss has appeared across the United States at venues and festivals from, among many, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts to th
Seattle Chamber Music Society
to th
Carnegie Hall
Weill Recital Hall with Itzhak Perlman in a benefit for the Perlman Music Program. He was a member of th
Chamber Music Society Two
program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from 2002 to 2004, which included his appearance in the opening concert of the Society's 2002–03 season at Alice Tully Hall wit
Shai Wosner
In addition, Weiss has performed duo-piano recitals with, among others, Emanuel Ax. Weiss described his preparation for recitals in a 2006 profile i
''International Piano''

Weiss made his recital debut at th
Kennedy Center
in Washington D.C. in January 2012.Stephen Brookes (Jan 8, 2012

''The Washington Post'', January 8, 2012. He joined the Pacifica Quartet at th
Casals Festival in Puerto Rico
in the spring of 2012. He still tours regularly with th
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Known for his affinity for chamber music, Weiss performs regularly with violinists Augustin Hadelich, William Hagen, Benjamin Beilman, James Ehnes, and Arnaud Sussman; pianist Shai Wosner; cellist Julie Albers; and the Ariel, Parker, and Pacifica Quartets.

In 2018, Weiss self-released Presentiment, a recording that explores the omens and anxiety of the tense world leading up to the first World War with music by Granados, Janáček, and Scriabin.

Personal life

Orion Weiss married the pianis
Anna Polonsky
with whom he performed two-piano concertos with orchestra (most recently the Columbus symphony), as well as collaborating in duo-piano and four-hand recitals, includin
Chamber Music NorthwestSeattle Chamber Music FestivalBarge MusicBay Chamber Concerts
and th
Bard Music Festival

Awards and recognitions

*199
Gilmore Young Artist Award
*2001 Mieczyslaw Munz Award at the Juilliard School
*200
Avery Fisher Career Grant
*2002, 200

at the Juilliard School
*200

*2010 Classical Recording Foundation's Young Artist of the Yea

Recordings

*Works for piano and cello by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Schumann with cellis
Julie Albers
(Artek Records, 2005), Artek AR-0022-2
* J.S. Bach, Scriabin, Mozart, Carter (Yarlung Records, 2008), Audiophile digital recording
* Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody No. 2; I Got Rhythm Variations – Orion Weiss, piano, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Fallett

Conductor (Naxos American Classics 8.559705), audio-only Blu-ray, C

*Orion Weiss Plays J.S. Bach, Scriabin, Mozart & Carter (Yarlung Records, 2011

*Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for violin and piano (Telos Music, 2012

* 42 Bartok Bagatelles, Dvorak Humoresques, Prokofiev Visions Fugitives (Bridge Records, Inc 2012

*Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Strike up the Band Overture; Promenade; Catfish Row (Naxos, 2013

*Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 15 (Naxos, 2014

*Christopher Rouse: Seeing; Kabir Padavali (Naxos, 2015

*Presentiment (Orion Weiss, 2018

*Piano Protagonists: Music for Piano & Orchestra (Bridge, 2021

References

External links

Orion Weiss websiteMelvin Kaplan, Inc.

Yarlung Records

Avery Fisher Career Grant

Gilmore Young Artist AwardBridge Records

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American classical pianists
Male classical pianists
American male pianists
Musicians from Iowa
Juilliard School alumni
1981 births
Living people
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American pianists