Music In Motion--The Piano Man
Alon Goldstein is a pianist with a powerful gift for communication and his artistry has touched audiences and critics alike throughout the United States, Europe, and Israel. He has been hailed for his original and compelling recitals in major music centers here and abroad and for performances as soloist with such major North American orchestras as those of Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver, among others. In 2008, he was enthusiastically received when he was heard with Hebert Blomstedt and the Israel hilharmonic in Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, the same concerto he played the year before in his return engagement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Admired for his musical intelligence and warmth of personality, Alon’s artistic vision and innovative programming have brought him to the forefront of his generation. His commitment to the music of young Israeli composers has resulted in the commission of a piano concerto from Avner Dorman whose works will be performed by the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony, among others. Goldstein has longstanding relationships with the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the Dayton Philharmonic and the Rockford Symphony, among others. His recent Beethoven concerto cycle with the Rockford Symphony, which expanded the traditional concert experience to a multi-media presentation contextualizing Beethoven’s life and work, resulted in unprecedented attendance and subsequent subscriptions.
