Judith Gordon

Pianist Judith Gordon gave her New York-recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Introductions series and in 1996 was named Boston Globe 'Musician of the Year'. In Boston, she has been a featured performer in Emmanuel Music's multi-season series of music by Schubert, Schumann, and Harbison. With Rob Kapilow she explored music of Beethoven and Debussy in his What Makes It Great? programs in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. As soloist with the Boston Pops she has performed Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel concertos, and with groups including the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Collage New Music, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and the MIT Symphony she has appeared in repertoire from Bach, Beethoven, and Hindemith to Boulez, Harbison and Hyla. Some '07/'08 highlights include appearances with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Gorecki), the Nashua Symphony (Ravel), and the Gardner Chamber Orchestra (Berg), as well as concerts at New York's Weill Hall and Miller Theater.

The wide range of composers with whom she has worked or who have written music for her includes Martin Brody, Peter Child, Alan Fletcher, John Harbison, David Horne, Lee Hyla, Libby Larsen, and Peter Lieberson. She has appeared in concert with artists and ensembles including vocalists Lisa Saffer, Janice Felty, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, William Hite, and James Maddalena; cellists Andres Diaz, Rhonda Rider, and Yo-Yo Ma; violists James Dunham, Cynthia Phelps, Marcus Thompson, and Roger Tapping; violinists Rose Mary Harbison and Andrew Kohji Taylor; oboist Douglas Boyd; Imani Winds; the Jacques Thibaud String Trio; the Arianna, Borromeo, Lydian, and St. Lawrence string quartets; the Boston Chamber Music Society, Santa Fe New Music; and many members of the Boston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras. She performs frequently with colleagues as a member of the Smith Chamber Ensemble.