Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique, combined with inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit, has solidified his renown as an American master. The GRAMMY Award-winner and Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year” is sought after worldwide for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world’s great concert stages and at its most prestigious festivals. Recent and upcoming highlights include acclaimed recordings and performances of J.S. Bach’s complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin, as well as recitals with his longtime duo partner, pianist Akira Eguchi, throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. 

Shaham regularly appears with the Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras; the New York, Israel, Berlin, and Los Angeles Philharmonics; Orchestre de Paris; and has engaged in multi-year residencies with the Orchestras of Montreal, Stuttgart, and Singapore.

For his more than two dozen concerto and solo recordings, Shaham has earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque, Diapason d’Or, and Gramophone Editor’s Choice. Many of these recordings appear on Canary Classics, the label he founded in 2004. Highlights include Virtuoso Violin Works, Elgar’s Violin Concerto, Hebrew Melodies, and The Butterfly Lovers. His 2016 recording 1930s Violin Concertos Vol. 2 as well as his recording of the Beethoven and Brahms concertos were GRAMMY nominated.

Born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1971, Shaham was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990 and received the Avery Fisher Prize in 2008. In 2012, he was named Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year.” He plays the 1699 “Countess Polignac” Stradivarius and performs on an Antonio Stradivari violin, Cremona c1719, with the assistance of Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative. He lives in New York City with his wife, violinist Adele Anthony, and their three children.