WOLFRAM, WILLIAM (b 1955 )The American pianist William Wolfram was winner of the Silver Medal in both the William Kapell and the Naumberg International Piano Competitions. He also holds the distinction of Bronze medallist of the prestigious Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. A versatile recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician, he has won the respect of musicians and the acclaim of critics across the country. His concerto début with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of Leonard Slatkin was the first in a long succession of appearances and career relationships with numerous American conductors and orchestras. He has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Florida Orchestra among many others, and enjoys regular and ongoing close associations with the Dallas Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchestra. The conductors with whom he has worked include Andrew Litton, Jeffrey Tate, Andreas Delfs, Hans Vonk, Jeffrey Kahane, William Eddins, and Marin Alsop.
Abroad William Wolfram has appeared with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Budapest Philharmonic, the Capetown and Johannesberg Symphonies of South Africa and the National Symphony of Peru. An enthusiastic supporter of contemporary music, he has close ties with a number of composers. In the recording studio, he has undertaken a project featuring the piano concertos of Edward Collins with Marin Alsop and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he lives in New York City. The most significant of his first published compositions, the so-called Etude en douze exercices, issued in Marseille.
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