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Isaac Foreman

Isaac Foreman, pianist

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Isaac Foreman is establishing himself as an exciting and versatile pianist and chamber musician. Recent appearances include performances on Alice Tully Hall’s “Wednesday at One” series, the Juilliard Focus Festival, the Houston Symphony Chamber Music Series, and at the Gijón International Piano Festival. Isaac is a prize winner of the American Virtuoso International Competition (1st Prize), MTNA Steinway and Sons Piano Competition (2nd Prize), and the Young Texas Artists Piano Competition (2nd Prize). He has also performed concerti with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, as the winner of the school’s concerto competition, and with the Brunesis Virtuosi Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, Isaac has performed at festivals across the globe including Internationale Sommerakademie der Universität Mozarteum (Austria), MusicFest Perugia (Italy), PianoTexas International Festival and Academy (USA), Tel-Hai International Piano Masterclasses (Israel), The Festival of American Song (USA), and Semper Music International Festival in Völs am Schlern (Italy). A passionate advocate for the arts, Isaac was a featured artist for The Cliburn’s signature outreach program, Cliburn in the Classroom, during the 2019/2020 season. He is also an alumnus of the Young Artist Program of the Houston-based concert presenter, DACAMERA. Mr. Foreman is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University under the guidance of Jon Kimura Parker. He previously completed a master’s degree at The Juilliard School as a student of Jerome Lowenthal, and a bachelor’s degree at Texas Christian University as a student of Tamás Ungár.

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