During the 2009-2010 season Gil Shaham will be undertaking several exciting projects. His “Violin Concertos of the 1930s” project highlights masterpieces by influential composers in that decade and features 35 performances of works by Barber, Berg, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Walton. Highly anticipated performances include appearances with London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Among his more than two dozen concerto and solo CD’s, are a number of best sellers, appearing on record charts in the US and abroad. These recordings have earned prestigious awards including multiple Grammys, a Grand Prix du Disque, Diapason d’or and Gramophone Editor’s Choice. Mr. Shaham’s recent recordings have been produced for his own label “Canary Classics” – The Butterfly Lovers / Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony, The Faure Album with Akira Eguchi, the Prokofiev Album with Orli Shaham, “Mozart in Paris”, a recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A major with Yefim Bronfman and cellist Truls Mørk, a recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and David Zinman released in November 2008, and most recently a recording of works by Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León and Alejandro Posada.
Gil Shaham was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990. He plays the 1699 'Countess Polignac' Stradivarius and lives in New York City with his wife, the violinist Adele Anthony, and two children.
