Carnegie Hall

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine, and an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times. His 2024–2025 season includes returns to the symphony orchestras of San Francisco, Dallas, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Indianapolis. He also makes debuts with Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with the China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Beijing. Following last summer’s sold-out appearances at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and Amsterdam’s Concergebouw on tour with Matthias Pintscher and the Kansas City Symphony, he returns to Europe to perform with the NDR Radiophilharmonie under Ingo Metzmacher.

In the 2023–2024 season, Mr. Tao made his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also reunited with the New York Philharmonic following summer appearances and his specially curated program for its Artist Spotlight series. Meanwhile, he celebrated Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary with recitals presented by The Cleveland Orchestra and Klavierfestival Ruhr. Last summer also included performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Marin Alsop, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk, as well as performances to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue across Europe and the US.

As a composer, Mr. Tao’s work has been performed by orchestras around the world; his first large-scale orchestral work, Everything Must Go, received its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic and its European premiere with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. His 2024 work Flung Out—a companion piece to Gershwin’s Rhapsody—was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and Omaha Symphony.

Mr. Tao was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition for his work on More Forever in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Caleb Teicher. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist.