Director, Collaborative Piano
Recognized by colleagues and critics worldwide as a leading chamber musician and accompanist, Jonathan Feldman has performed on four continents with some of the world's greatest instrumentalists, among them the legendary Nathan Milstein, Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, James Galway, Sarah Chang, and Joshua Bell. He performs regularly with the New York Philharmonic, and as a chamber musician appears in concert as a member of the trio Zephyr. Mr. Feldman has also performed with the New York Philharmonic Chamber Ensembles and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He was a featured performer in a recent installment of Live From Lincoln Center with Gil Shaham, which was broadcast throughout the United States on PBS.
A graduate of Juilliard, Mr. Feldman joined the Juilliard faculty in 1989 and today chairs the school's collaborative piano department. He has given masterclasses throughout the United States and the Far East, and has lectured at international festivals and competitions. His regular summer festival appearances include Tanglewood, Bridgehampton, Music from Angel Fire, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, and the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival.
Mr. Feldman's most recent recording, with his wife, New York Philharmonic principal bassoonist Judith LeClair, is available on Avie Records. He has also recorded for Angel/EMI, Columbia Masterworks, DGG, RCA Red Seal, Naxos, Nonesuch, Summit, and Cala Records. He can be heard on soundtracks for many movies, the most recent being Music of the Heart with Meryl Streep and The Man Who Wasn't There, directed by the Coen Brothers.
Mr. Feldman was a guest artist at the Music Academy in 2001 and 2002, and has been a faculty member since 2003.