Internationally recognized as one of today's most acclaimed pianists, Yefim Bronfman is sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors and recital series. As a soloist, he regularly performs with the Vienna, New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, Mariinsky, Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, the symphonies of Boston, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco and Seattle, as well as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in Israel and on tours. He works with an illustrious group of conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Mariss Jansons, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Franz Welser-Möst and David Zinman. Always keen to explore chamber music repertoire, his partners have included Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lynn Harrell, Emmanuel Pahud, Pinchas Zukerman and many others. Summer engagements have taken him to the major festivals of Europe and the US. He has also given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East. Mr. Bronfman was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize in 1991, and the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University in 2010. He has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards, one of which he won with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for their recording of the three Bartok Piano Concerti. Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union in 1958, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973. He is a 2015 recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.
