Jeffrey Siegel
American pianist Jeffrey
Siegel has been soloist with
the world's great orchestras.
Abroad, these include the
Berlin Philharmonic, all
the major London orchestras,
Moscow State Symphony, Bayerischer
Rundfunk (Munich), The Hague
Residentie Orkest, Oslo Philharmonic,
Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestra
of La Scala and the NHK Symphony
in Japan; in the U.S., engagements
include the New York Philharmonic,
The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony, Cleveland
Orchestra, Boston Symphony
and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mr.
American pianist Jeffrey
Siegel has been soloist with
the world's great orchestras.
Abroad, these include the
Berlin Philharmonic, all
the major London orchestras,
Moscow State Symphony, Bayerischer
Rundfunk (Munich), The Hague
Residentie Orkest, Oslo Philharmonic,
Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestra
of La Scala and the NHK Symphony
in Japan; in the U.S., engagements
include the New York Philharmonic,
The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony, Cleveland
Orchestra, Boston Symphony
and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mr. Siegel has worked with
such eminent conductors as
Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez,
Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi,
James Levine, Lorin Maazel,
Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin,
Michael Tilson Thomas and
David Zinman, as well as
such legendary maestros of
the past as Eugene Ormandy,
Sir Georg Solti, William
Steinberg, Klaus Tennstedt
and Yevgeny Svetlanov.
In addition to his solo appearances,
Jeffrey Siegel presents Keyboard
Conversations® , a
unique, concert-plus-commentary
format in which he speaks
to the audience about the
music before performing each
work in its entirety. Newcomers
to classical concerts have
greeted these programs with
enormous enthusiasm because
they present an informal,
accessible and highly entertaining
introduction to the vast repertoire
of the piano and to classical
music in general. Mr. Siegel
has also developed a following
among seasoned listeners,
who are enlightened by his
erudition and delighted by
his wit. Ongoing series flourish
in numerous American cities,
among them New York, Chicago,
Washington, D.C., Cleveland,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Atlanta,
San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas
and Denver. A number of these
venues have been presenting Keyboard
Conversations® for
more than twenty years - remarkable
testimony to Mr. Siegel's
superior artistry and innovative
format.
As conductor, Mr. Siegel has
appeared with the Pittsburgh
Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony,
Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee
Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra, as well as orchestras
in France, Scandinavia and
South America. He is equally
at home in the dual role of
conductor/pianist, directing
the orchestra from the keyboard.
For the past thirteen years,
Mr. Siegel has served as Music
Director and Conductor of
the Mainly Mozart Festival
in Arizona.
In addition to solo piano
works of Rachmaninoff, Hindemith
and Dutilleux, Jeffrey Siegel
has recorded Gershwin's complete
works for piano and orchestra
with Leonard Slatkin and the
Saint Louis Symphony. Born
into a musical family Mr.
Siegel studied in his native
Chicago with Rudolf Ganz and
later with the legendary Rosina
Lhevinne at The Juilliard
School and Ilona Kabos in
London. He currently resides
in New York City with his
wife and two children.
May 2004
