Pianist Shai Wosner has a large repertory that stretches from Beethoven to Ligeti and beyond. He is noted for pairing repertory works with contemporary pieces in concert and on recordings.
Wosner was born in Israel in 1976. His piano teacher in Tel Aviv was Emanuel Krasovsky, and he also studied composition, theory, and improvisation with Andre Hadju there. At age 21, he was admitted to New York's Juilliard School for piano studies with Emanuel Ax; he has remained a resident of New York ever since. A breakthrough came in 2007 when Wosner was named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation...