Prize-winning Pianist Jon Klibonoff Peforms in Chapel Restoration

Sunday, September 25, 2011
4 p.m.

Jon Klibonoff

Prize-winning pianist Jon Klibonoff, orchestra soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist, will perform in The Chapel Restoration on Sunday, September 25, at 4. The concert of classical and contemporary music is free.

A member of Trio Solisti, Mr. Klibonoff has been guest artist with Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society, and the Shanghai, Miami and Lark string quartets, among others. His many awards include the Silver Medal of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the Pro Musicis Foundation Award, First Prize in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition and a Solo Recitalists Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Mr. Klibonoff has appeared in recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y, and the National Gallery and Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and also in collaboration with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist David Shifrin and flutist Carol Wincenc. Orchestral performances include those with the Baltimore, Buffalo, Denver, North Carolina and Utah symphonies. Among his recordings are twentieth century violin and piano music with Maria Bachmann on the BMG/Catalyst label. Recent releases are Brahms Piano Trios with Trio Solisti on Marquis Classics and the music of Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Moravec on Arabesque.
A graduate of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, Mr. Klibonoff is a member of the faculty at SUNY Purchase.