Artist Bio

Shai Wosner, piano

Pianist Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire communicate his imaginative programming and intellectual curiosity. Celebrated as one of today’s leading Schubertians, he recently recorded four of Schubert’s late sonatas for release in 2020 by Onyx Classics. He is the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Wosner has appeared with the orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco in the United States as well as with the Barcelona Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra St. Luke’s, and Staatskapelle Berlin in Europe. Born in Israel, he studied with Emanuel Krasovsky and at the Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax.