Biography
Piano
Conrad Tao
Conrad Tao’s 2024–25 season includes a return to Carnegie Hall performing Debussy’s 12 Études alongside Keyed In, a work arranged and improvised by Tao on the Lumatone keyboard. He also returns to the Dallas Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and Baltimore Symphony. Further appearances include the Indianapolis Symphony’s opening gala, as well as performances with the Seoul Philharmonic and NDR Radiophilharmonie. He also continues his collaboration with dancer Caleb Teicher in a nationwide US tour.
Last season, Tao made his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony and returned to the New York Philharmonic. He also celebrated Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary with recitals presented by the Cleveland Orchestra and Klavierfestival Ruhr. The season also saw concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, as well as performances celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Kansas City Symphony. His companion piece to Gershwin’s Rhapsody, Flung Out, was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and Omaha Symphony.
Tao was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition. He is also the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in February 2008 and became a Shenson Young Artist in 2023.
Last season, Tao made his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony and returned to the New York Philharmonic. He also celebrated Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary with recitals presented by the Cleveland Orchestra and Klavierfestival Ruhr. The season also saw concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, as well as performances celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Kansas City Symphony. His companion piece to Gershwin’s Rhapsody, Flung Out, was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and Omaha Symphony.
Tao was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition. He is also the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in February 2008 and became a Shenson Young Artist in 2023.
