About

Pianist Imri Talgam has played as soloist throughout the world, winning recognition for his “extreme virtuosity” (Classica magazine). Since winning first prize in the Concours de piano d’Orléans (France) in 2014, Talgam has performed widely, including in venues such as Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, Bouffes du Nord (Paris), KKL Lucerne, Shanghai Conservatory, Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Talgam is also recipient of the Yvar Mikhashoff commissioning prize together with Yair Klartag (2017).

As soloist, he recently appeared with Ensemble Modern, Radio Orchestra of Saarbrücken, and the Israeli Contemporary Players, and has worked with composers including Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Enno Poppe, Unsuk Chin, and Peter Eötvös. He plays regularly with the Talea ensemble (NYC) and is currently collaborating with Han Chen on a project focused on the player-piano studies of Conlon Nancarrow. He is a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University in Montreal and holds a doctorate from City University of New York’s Graduate Center.

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