Victor Goldberg

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Hailed for his extraordinarily imaginative and original interpretations, the Russian-born Israeli pianist, VICTOR GOLDBERG, continues to fascinate a wide range of audiences around the globe with his extensive repertoire of classical masterpieces, as well as rarely performed piano works. Since winning the Artist Recognition Award at the 2000 International Keyboard Festival in New York, the Arianne Katcz Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, and Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Ukraine, Mr. Goldberg has performed extensively in Israel, Europe, and the United States.
Mr. Goldberg's recent appearances include solo performances at numerous, prestigious New York venues, such as Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Bargemusic, the Millennium Theater, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. His Steinway Hall Gift of Music recital—presented by the Israeli Consulate General in New York and the Russian-American Arts Foundation—was a tremendous success that lured a wide spectrum of political and cultural figures. Mr. Goldberg has also been presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society at Rob Kapilow’s acclaimed series “What Makes It Great?”. Mr. Goldberg has performed at major festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, the International Keyboard Festival in New York, Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, Pianofest in the Hamptons, and Festival de La Ribagorza in Spain. In the summer of 2004, at the International Piano Festivals in the Canary Islands, Spain, Mr. Goldberg performed Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, in the newly built Tenerife Auditorium, acclaimed for its unique acoustics. Other international performances include the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada; Strathmore, Anderson House, and the Smithsonian in Washington, DC; Congress Hall in Kiev, Ukraine; Spiegelsaal Schloss in Rheinsberg, Germany; Tel Aviv Museum of Arts; and Jerusalem Music Center Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Israel. An active chamber musician, Mr. Goldberg was in the spotlight at the 2005 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival of Yale University, performing with various chamber ensembles in five different concert events. His solo and chamber performances can often be heard on the classical music station of The New York Times—WQXR.Mr. Goldberg’s 2004 performance at the Birmingham Vivace series in Michigan led a music critic of the Monitor to write: “Goldberg's playing brought out the warmth and charm of this music… his body and soul were involved in the music, [breathing] life even into the simplest phrases. His fluid style was marked by lightness and agility.” The international Jerusalem Post refers to Mr. Goldberg as an “Israeli piano prodigy” and “a young artist who… will bring honor not only to his own country but also to the world of music.” The Russian-Israeli Vesti hails his performance as “mesmerizing… hypnotic… a great musical celebration which cannot be missed.” Mr. Goldberg has also been described as “a major musical and pianistic talent” (Joseph Kalichstein), “a favorite of audiences” (David Dubal), “dramatically effective” (Robert Sherman), and “an artist who reveals the very soul of the art” (John O'Conor).
Being deeply attached to his Jewish heritage and Israel, Mr. Goldberg has performed a number of benefit concerts, including performances for the Hebrew Day School at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, the Best of Israel benefit concert for Israeli children at Norwalk Symphony Hall in Connecticut, a benefit concert for the Tel Aviv University in Vienna, Austria, and benefit concerts for the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Jewish Community Relations Council, Hadassah, and Washington Performing Arts Society. Mr. Goldberg is an official representative of the Speakers Bureau of the Jewish National Fund. For his achievement in music, Mr. Goldberg was recognized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry, which honored him with the Artistic Mastery Award in 2003.Mr. Goldberg studied under renowned pianists such as Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Shtarkman, Constance Keene, Alexander Volkov, and Mark Shaviner. He holds degrees from Tel Aviv University's Rubin Academy, The Juilliard School, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and the Manhattan School of Music, where he became the first instrumentalist to ever be awarded the prestigious Artist Diploma in Performance. He is a recipient of full scholarships from all of the aforementioned music institutions. Mr. Goldberg has been a recurring scholar of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 1994.