Robert Silverman, Piano
“Robert Silverman's recital last night at Alice Tully Hall was one of the most remarkable piano events of the whole season.”
– New York Post
Thursday, October 22 at 8 PM ~ Academy Hall
[Program]
Admission $20 -
STUDENTS: 18 & under free with student ticket voucher (excluding Carols by Candlelight)
Tickets are available at the
Academy Box Office 7280 Kemano Street, Monday – Thursday 9:30 - 4:30
Tel 604 485 9633
And at the door 30 minutes before the concert
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Robert Silverman, piano is recognized as one of Canada’s premiere pianists. He has reached a level of musical and technical authority that can only be accomplished after years of deep commitment to the instrument and its vast literature. Many aspects of Silverman’s playing are frequently noted: a polished technique, an extraordinary range of tonal palette, an uncanny ability to sing his way into the heart of a phrase, and probing interpretations of the most complex works in the repertoire. Following his eight-concert cycle of all thirty-two Beethoven sonatas, Robert Silverman embarked upon a four-concert series encompassing the complete sonatas of Mozart to commemorate the composer's 250 birthday in 2006. Performances of the cycles took place in numerous cities across North America, including Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. Studio recordings of the complete Beethoven and Mozart sonatas have been preserved on multi-disc CD sets.
The distinguished pianist has performed in concert halls throughout North America, Europe, the Far East and Australia. Under the batons of such renowned conductors as Seiji Ozawa, John Eliot Gardiner, Gerard Schwarz, Neeme Järvi, Sergiu Comissiona, Zdenek Macal, and the late Kiril Kondrashin, he has appeared with orchestras on three continents, including the Chicago Symphony, the Sydney Symphony, the BBC (London) Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, and every major orchestra in Canada. Robert Silverman's discography includes 25 CDs and a dozen LPs. His recording of Liszt's piano music received a Grand Prix du Disque from the Liszt Society of Budapest, while his widely acclaimed 10-CD recording of all thirty-two Beethoven sonatas was nominated for a Juno Award.
In 1998 Robert Silverman was named the first winner of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry, administered by the Ontario Arts Council Foundation, in recognition of "his high level of artistry, his moving interpretations of a wide range of music...and his commitment and contribution to music in Canada." Robert Silverman resides in Vancouver where he was a faculty member at the University of British Columbia for thirty years, served a 5-year term as Director of the School of Music in the 1990s, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2004. He now devotes himself full-time to concertizing and recording. He is frequently heard on the CBC English and French radio network; he plays Steinway pianos, and he has recorded for EMI, Stereophile, Marquis Classics,
Orpheum Masters and CBC Records. He also lectures on piano music for the Celebrity Cruise
line. Silverman enjoys an enormous following on the internet, where the generous selection of his
recordings has been heard by well over 30,000 listeners.
Visit him online at www.robertsilverman.ca.