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Piano
Pianist Terrence Wilson has established a reputation as one of today's most gifted instrumentalists.
He has appeared with many prestigious ensembles, including the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Washington, DC (National Symphony), San Francisco and St. Louis, as well as with the orchestras of Cleveland, Minnesota and Philadelphia. He has worked with such conductors as Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, Neeme Jarvi, Yoel Levi, Andrew Litton, Jesus Lopez-Cobos and Robert Spano.
Abroad, Terrence Wilson has played concerti with such ensembles as the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland and the Malaysian Philharmonic at the Dewan Philharmonik Petronas. In September 1998, Mr. Wilson performed with the Estonian Conserva- tory Chamber Orchestra in a concert that was televised in nine European countries, and radiocast live in 14 countries.
Terrence Wilson is also active as a recitalist, having made his New York City recital debut at the 92 Street Y, and his Washington , DC recital debut at the Kennedy Center. In Europe he has given recitals at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland , and at the Louvre in Paris. In the United States, he has given recitals at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago , the Caramoor Festival in Katonah, NY, San Francisco 's Herbst Theatre, and the La Jolla Chamber Music Society. Terrence Wilson has also appeared at the Mann Music Center and at the Blossom Festival, Tanglewood, and Wolf Trap in recitals and performances of concerti and chamber music.
Mr. Wilson joined the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in its first subscription concerts of the 2003-04 season, performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3. Other highlights of the season included performances of the Barber Piano Concerto with the Charlotte Symphony, the Piano Concerto by John Corigliano with the Rochester Philharmonic, as well as performances of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, in C (“Elvira Madigan”) with the Atlanta Symphony and Robert Spano, and a solo recital at Lincoln Center 's Alice Tully Hall.
In the coming season, Mr. Wilson will make return visits as guest soloist with the Baltimore and Cincinnati Symphonies - the latter with conductor Stanislaw Skrowacewski.
In the 2006-07 season, Mr. Wilson will give the world premiere performance of a new concerto for piano and orchestra by American composer Michael Daugherty.
Terrence Wilson has received numerous awards and prizes, including the SONY ES Award for Musical Excellence, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Juilliard Petschek Award. He has also been featured on several radio and television broadcasts, including NPR's "Performance Today," WQXR radio in New York , and programs on the BRAVO Network, the Arts & Entertainment Network, and public television.
Terrence Wilson is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky. A native of the Bronx, he resides in Montclair, New Jersey.
NPO Performances:
May 10th 2003
May 7th 2005
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