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Pianist Stephen Gosling
is a ubiquitous presence on the New York new music scene, and has
also performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia.
His playing has been hailed as "brilliant," "electric," and "luminous
and poised" (New York Times), possessing "utter clarity and
conviction" (Washington Post), and "extraordinary virtuosity"
(Houston Chronicle).
A native of Sheffield, England, Mr. Gosling relocated to New York in
1989 to begin studies with Oxana Yablonskaya at The Juilliard School. Upon
graduation from the Bachelor of Music program in 1993, he was awarded the
Mennin Prize for Outstanding Leadership and Excellence in Music. Earlier
that year he performed John Corigliano's Piano Concerto with Leonard Slatkin
and the Juilliard Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall, and gave the European
premiere of Paul Schoenfield's Four Parables with the Dutch Radio
Philharmonic under Lukas Foss.
In 1994 Mr. Gosling received his Master's degree from Juilliard and was
awarded the Sony Elevated Standards Fellowship. He subsequently enrolled in
the Doctor of Musical Arts program, from which he graduated in 2000.
Mr. Gosling was for three years pianist of the Aspen Contemporary
Ensemble, and appeared in several seasons of the Summergarden series at
MOMA. He has also performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the
Grant Park Festival in Chicago, the Bang on a Can Marathon, Bargemusic, the
2001 Great Day in New York festival, and the PAN festival in Seoul, Korea.
He is a member of both Ensemble Sospeso and the New York New Music Ensemble,
and has performed with Orpheus, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
Speculum Musicae, DaCapo Chamber Players, the Orchestra of St. Luke's,
Continuum, the League of Composers/ISCM Chamber Players, and Da Camera of
Houston. He has also participated in Off-Broadway productions and
collaborated with a number of dance companies, including American Ballet
Theater and Parsons Dance Project.
Mr. Gosling has been heard on the NPR, WNYC and WQXR radio networks, and
has recorded for New World Records, CRI, Mode, Innova, and Rattle Records.
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