Benjamin Hochman (MIMF 2012~2013)
Winner of 2011’s prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist Benjamin Hochman has earned widespread acclaim for his performances with the New York and Israel Philharmonics and the Chicago, Cincinnati, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Vancouver Symphonies, among others. He has collaborated with the Tokyo, Mendelssohn, Casals, Pražák and Daedalus Quartets, the Zukerman ChamberPlayers, members of the Guarneri and Orion Quartets and with Miklós Perényi, Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin and Ani Kavafian.
Highlights of Mr. Hochman’s 2011-2012 season include solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Jerusalem and Washington, DC. He appears at the Curtis Institute of Music alongside such distinguished artists as oboist Liang Wang and violinists Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh. Orchestral engagements include Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra and the Asheville Symphony. He takes part in two performances at New York’s 92nd Street Y celebrating violinist/conductor Jaime Laredo’s 70th birthday as well as chamber music performances with St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble.
Born in Jerusalem, Hochman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music, where his principal teachers were Claude Frank and Richard Goode. His studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Benjamin Hochman is a Steinway Artist. His website is www.benjaminhochman.com.
Highlights of Mr. Hochman’s 2011-2012 season include solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Jerusalem and Washington, DC. He appears at the Curtis Institute of Music alongside such distinguished artists as oboist Liang Wang and violinists Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh. Orchestral engagements include Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra and the Asheville Symphony. He takes part in two performances at New York’s 92nd Street Y celebrating violinist/conductor Jaime Laredo’s 70th birthday as well as chamber music performances with St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble.
Born in Jerusalem, Hochman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music, where his principal teachers were Claude Frank and Richard Goode. His studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Benjamin Hochman is a Steinway Artist. His website is www.benjaminhochman.com.