READ GAINSFORD

A native of New Zealand, Read Gainsford has performed widely in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as solo recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He has made successful solo débuts at the Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, and has performed in many other venues, including the John F. Kennedy Center, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Centre, Fairfield Halls, Birmingham Town Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Gainsford moved to the United States in 1992 to enter the doctoral program at Indiana University, where he worked with Karen Shaw and Leonard Hokanson. A founding member of Trio Solis, whose New York début was in 2009, he is also active in exploring and promoting music by living composers, including première performances and recordings of music by Ladislav Kubik and Marc Satterwhite. He has also recorded Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus. Gainsford has served as Associate Professor of Piano at Florida State University since 2005.