Shai Wosner

Shai Wosner was born in 1976 in Israel

Shai Wosner was born in Israel in 1976. In Tel Aviv he studied piano with Emanuel Krasovsky. From an early age he also studied composition, and he learned music theory and improvisation with Andre Hajdu.

At 21 he moved to New York to study with Emanuel Ax at the Juilliard School. As a young student he received scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation.

In 1999 he won fourth prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. He has played with orchestras in the United States and Europe, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2007 he was named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

He often plays chamber music, with musicians such as Pinchas Zukerman and Martha Argerich, and in piano duo with Orion Weiss. His awards include the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He teaches at the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School.