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​Michael Davidman, pianist

225 West 106 Street, #11L

 New York, NY 10025 (917-921-8531)

 mdavidman1@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION

 

(2024 - Present), Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain - Stanislav Ioudenitch (2022 - 2024), International Center for Music, Artist Diploma, Kansas City, MO - Stanislav Ioudenitch

(2019 - 2021), The Juilliard School - Masters of Music, NYC - Jerome Lowenthal/Stephen Hough, piano

(2015 - 2019), The Curtis School of Music - Bachelor of Music, Philadelphia, PA - Robert McDonald, piano

(2005 - 2015), Manhattan School of Music Precollege, NYC - Efrem Briskin, piano

(2011 - 2015), Hunter College High School, NYC

(2002 - 2005), Greenwich House Music School, NYC

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

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  • Full Scholarship Reina Sofia Music School, Madrid, Spain, 2024

  • Full scholarship, Artist Diploma, International Center for Music (ICM), Park University, Parkville, MO, 2022

  • Gina Bachauer International Piano Scholarship, The Juilliard School, 2019 ï‚· Full scholarship,

  • Yale School of Music Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CN, 2019

  • Chopin Foundation of the United States Scholarship, completed fourth and final year, 2015

  • Curtis Institute of Music full scholarship , 2015

  • Rosetta Goodkind Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music, 2014

  • Hansoree Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music, 2013

  • Constance Keene Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music, 2012

  • Career Grant from the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation (JDAF), 2012

  • Dianne Danese Flagello Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music, 2008

 

COMPETITIONS

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  • Returning Finalist, American Pianists Awards, 2024-2025

  • Third place & Orchestra prize, Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, November, 2022

  • Finalist, American Pianists Awards, June 2021

  • First place, Juilliard Gina Bachauer Piano Scholarship Competition, September 2019

  • New York International Piano Competition, First Prize Chamber Ensemble, June 2018

  • Manhattan School of Music Precollege Concerto Competition, first place in all three age categories: (2008, 2010, 2014)

  • Winner 21st Annual West Point Band Young Artist Concerto Competition performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, West Point Band, US Military Academy, West Point, NY, 2014

  • Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition; Finalist, Faust Harrison award for "Best Performance of a Virtuoso Etude"; Liszt: La Campanella, 2013

  • First prize 33rd Ithaca College of Music Piano Concerto Competition, 2012

  • First prize 33rd Ithaca College of Music Solo Piano Competition, 2012

  • Grand prize LISMA Foundation 9th International Music Competition, 2012 ï‚· First place,

  • Yonkers Concerto Competition, 2012 ï‚· First place,

  • Mary Smart International Concerto Competition, 2011 ï‚· First prize

  • LISMA International Piano Competition, 2009 ï‚·

  • Grand Prize Wagner College Young Musician’s Competition, 2009

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CONCERTO PERFORMANCES (most recent)

 

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor. Op. 30, Summit Music Festival, EI Academy, Thornwood, NY, August 2024

  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467, Park ICM Orchestra, Valentine’s Week Concert, Tim Hankewich, conductor, Parkville, MO, February 9, 2024

  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, Paris France, November, 2022

  • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S 124, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, June 26, 2021 ï‚· Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue with Symphonicity; Daniel W. Boothe, conductor, Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA, May 5, 2019

  • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra, Decatur, IL, Sergei Bogza, conductor, 2018

  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467, Monterey Symphony, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, 2018

  • Mozart: Philadelphia Orchestra, Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 450, Allegro; Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major K. 482, Allegro; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, Allegro; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, Adagio, “Grand Piano” part with click track to the film “Amadeus”, Richard Kaufman, conductor, Kimmel Center, September 21, 22, 23, 2017; Playbill: “Twenty-year old pianist Michael Davidman makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut with these performances”, 2017

  • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op. 43, Symphonicity, Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA, Sergey Bogza, conductor, 2017

  • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, first Place 2014 MSM Precollege Concerto Competition, MSM Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Strasser, conductor, 2015

 

SOLO PERFORMANCES (most recent)

 

  • Bach: Toccata in D Major, BWV 912; Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue; Saint-Saens-Liszt-Horowitz: Danse Macabre; American Pianists Awards, Premiere Series, 1st adjudicated round, Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, Indianapolis, IN, December 8, 2024

  • Bach: Toccata for Keyboard in D Major, BWV, 912; Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue; Chopin: Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31; Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild: The Muze, Op.34, No. 1; Liszt: Transcription from the Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens for Piano Solo; Telefonica Centenary Series and the Reina Sofia School of Music, Segovia, Spain, November 24, 2024

  • Chopin: Scherzo No. 2; Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 12 “Revolutionary”; Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, National Opera Center Private Party, September 29, 2024

  • Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild: The Muze, Op. 34, No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau, Op. 39, No. 1, American Pianists Awards VIP Kickoff Meeting, Piano on the Plaza at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, September 21, 2024

  • Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Chopin: Ballade No. 1; Schmitt: from Salammbo, Op.76 “Sous la tente”; Franck: Choral, et Fugue; Chopin: Scherzo No. 2, Summit Music Festival, EF Academy, Thornwood, NY, August 5, 2024

  • Granados: Goyescas, Los Requiebros, Op. 11; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; iPalpiti Festival, Rotary Club of Beverly Hills,  July 22, 2024

  • Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild: The Muze, Op. 34, No. 1; Dvorak: Rondo in G minor, Op. 34, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ritmo di Tango with violin (Davide De Ascaniis, violin & Michael Davidman, piano, Petit Ermitage, Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 2024

  • Chopin: Ballade No. 1; Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild: The Muze, Op. 34, No. 1; iPalpiti Festival, Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills, CA

  • Chopin; Scherzo No. 2, Michael Davidman; Dina &Fred Leeds Amphitheatre, paid reservations, Los Angeles, CA, July 25, 2024

  • Mendelssohn: String Symphony, No. 10 in B minor; Turina: Rhapsodia Symphonica, with the iPalpiti Orchestra, soloist Michael Davidman, piano; Kopyman: Kaddish, Vilem Vicek, cello; Roustom: Klezmer Dances; Davide De Ascaniis, violin; Schubert: String “Cello” Quintet in C; Boris Borgoletto/Takamori Arai, violins; Daniel Miles, viola; Francisco Vila/Yoni Draiblate, celli; John Williams: Schindler’s List theme with violin solo and Orchestra with Michael Davidman playing harp part on piano and Liza Kerob, violin; iPalpiti Orchestra/Maestro Eduard Schmieder, conductor, Ambassador Ballroom, Pasadena, CA, July 27, 2024  

  • Cesar Franck/Blanche Selva: Chorale No. 2 in B minor; Ravel; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Piano Evenings with David Dubal, NYC, May 21, 2024

  •  Rachmaninov: Etude Tableau, op. 39, No. 1; Beach: Dreaming from Four Sketches, Op. 15; Michael Abels: Iconoclasm; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, op. 23; Chopin: Etude in A-flat, Op. 10, No. 10; Mily Balakirev: Piano Evenings with David Dubal, NYC, May 21, 2024

  • Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, American Pianists Awards, Media Day – Kickoff Meeting, Steinway Hall, NYC, May 9, 2024

  • Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101; Ravel: Valses nobles et Sentimentales; Cesar Franck: Organ Choral No. 2 in B minor (arr. Blanche Selva); Chopin: Ballade No. 1, Op. 23, International Center for Music, Artist Diploma Recital, Parkville, MO, April 26, 2024

  • J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875, WTC II; Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 Op. 23; Davidman: The Lady from the Sea, fantasy for piano (2022) by Michael Davidman (1997); Albeniz: El Albacin, from Book 3 of Iberia, Sponsored by the International Center for Music, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, April 11, 2024

  • Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau , Op. 39, No. 1; Beach: Dreaming, from 4 Sketches, Op. 15; Abels: Iconoclasm; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; Chopin: Etude in A-flat, Op. 10, No. 10; Balikirev: Islamey, Piano Evenings with David Dubal, March 5, 2024

  • J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875, WTC II; L.V. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101; Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau, Op. 39,No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931); Granados: Goyescas Op. 11, No. 4 , 5; Abels: Iconoclasm - INTERMISSION – Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue; Beach: 4 Sketches, Op.15, No. 1 In Autumn and No. 3 Dreaming; Albeniz: Iberia, Book 3, El Albaicin; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; Balakirev: Islamey, Michael Davidman Graduate Recital, International Center for Music (ICM), March 1, 2024

  • Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau, Op. 39, No. 1; J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875, WTC II; Albeniz: Iberia, Book 2, El Albaicin; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, Private Donor Fundraiser, for ICM, February 24, 2024

  • Franck: Organ Chorale in B Minor, No. 2 (arr. Blanch Selva); Balakirev: Islamey, Dobbs Ferry Library, NY, December 17, 2023

  • Granados: Goyescas, No. 1 & 3; Franck: Organ Chorale No. 2 (arr. Blanch Selva); Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Davidman (composition): The Lady From the Sea, Rising Stars Piano Series featuring Michael Davidman, South Hampton, NY, September 9, 2023

  • Granados: Goyescas, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Franck: Organ Chorale No. 2 (arr. Blanch Selva); Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931), Summit Music Festival, Thornwood, NY, August 6, 2023

  • Rachmaninoff/Wild: The Muse; List: Mephisto Waltz, The Lotos club, NYC, June 6, 2023

  • Granados: Goyescas, Op. 11, No, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Encuentro De Musica y Academia De Santander, Salada Pereda Room of the Palace Festivals of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, July 24, 2023

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931), Encuentro De Musica y Academia De Santander, Salada Pereda Room of the Palace Festivals of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, July 23, 2023

  • Granados: Goyescas, Op. 11, No, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Encuentro De Musica y Academia De Santander, Argent Hall, Santander, Spain, July 22, 2023

  • Faure: Ballade, Op. 19; Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor – INTERMISSION - Karg-Elert Partita Op. 19; Rachmaninoff: the Muse, Op. 34, No. 1 (arr. Blanch Selva); Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, Chapel Restoration Music Concert Series, Cold Spring, May 21, 2023

  • Chopin: Fantasy, Op. 49; Faure: Ballade, Op. 19; Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue – INTERMISSION – Chopin: Sonata No. 3, Op. 58;, Chopin Foundation of the United States, Michael Davidman Solo Recital, Coral Gables, FL, March 19, 2023

  • Chopin: Fantasy, Op. 49; Faure: Ballade, Op. 19; Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue – INTERMISSION – Chopin: Sonata No. 3, Op. 58; Karg-Elert, Partita Op. 113, Karg-Elert, Partita Op. 113; Davidman (composition debut, The Lady from the Sea), Chopin Foundation of the United States, Michael Davidman Solo Recital, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 18, 2023

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, MO, March 11, 2023

  • Bacri: Sonata No. 2; Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue; Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1931), Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, Semifinal round, Salet Cortot, Paris, France, November 10, 2022

  • Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B-flat minor, B 128/Op. 35, “Funeral March”; Couperin: Le Tic-Toc Choc, ou Les Maillotins; Poulenc: Presto in B-flat Major, FP 70; Ravel: Toccata; Liszt: Mephisto waltz, Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, Elimination round, Salet Cortot, Paris, France, November 9, 2022

  • Granados: Goyescas, Op. 11, PianoFest in the Hamptons, St. Lukes Episcopal, East Hampton, NY, July 6, 2022

  • Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor, B 128/OP. 35; Poulenc: Melancole, FP 105; Poulenc: Presto in B-flat Major, FP 70; Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Davidman: La Dame de la Mer (after The Lady from the Sea, by Henrik Ibsen); Couperin: Les Barricades Mysterieuses, Pasacaille, Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Toccata; Granados: Goyescas Op. 11, Los Requiebros, The Greenwich House Music School, NYC, June 14, 2022

  • Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Dobbs June 5, 2022

  • Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor, B 128/OP. 35; Poulenc: Melancole, FP 105; Poulenc: Presto in B-flat Major, FP 70; Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Davidman: La Dame de la Mer (after The Lady from the Sea, by Henrik Ibsen); Couperin: Les Barricades Mysterieuses, Pasacaille, Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, Toccata, The Chapel Restoration, Cold Spring on-the-Hudson, NY, May 15, 2022

  • Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332, Coudert Institute, Villa dei Fiore, Palm Beach, FL, March 13, 2022

  • Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, Piano Evenings with David Dubal, March 8, 2022

  • Albeniz: Suite Iberia; Rachmaninoff: The Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5; Saint-Saens: Etude en forme valse, Op. 52, June 2021

  • Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332; Kaminsky: Alluvion; Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11, Indiana Landmarks Center, Indiana, IN, June 2021

  • Kauffman

  • Bacri: Sonata No. 2; Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, B 155/Op.58; Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11, Greenwich House Music School, NYC, 2020

  • Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Granados: Goyescas: Los Requiebros; Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss's "Wein, Weib und Gesang" Waltzes, Coudert Institute, Villa dei Fiore, Palm Beach, Florida, 2020

  • Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 33 in C minor, H 16 no 20; Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11; Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss's "Wein, Weib und Gesang" Waltzes, Young Artist Concert Series, Temple Emanu-el, New York City, 2019

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931); I. Allegro agitato, Granados: Los Requiebros, from Goyescas, Op. 11; Chopin: Etude Op.25, No. 11 "Winter Wind", Juilliard First Place Winners Concert - Gina Bachauer International Piano Scholarship Competition, The Juilliard School: Paul Hall, NY, 2019

  • Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848; Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 33 in C minor, H 16 no 20; Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11; Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36, (1931); Curtis Institute - Graduation Recital: Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2019

  • Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard No. 33 in C minor, H 16 No. 20; Chopin: Scherzo for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. 31; Gershwin: 7 Selections from the Gershwin Songbook, arranged for piano by George Gershwin; Chopin: Ballade for Piano No. 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version), The Nadia Reisenberg Young Artist Series, Budarz Theater, Ossining, NY, 2018

  • Haydn: Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20; Chopin: Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31; Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931), Millikin University, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, IL, 2018

  • Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard No. 33 in C minor, H 16 No. 20; Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Chopin: Scherzo for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. 31; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Summit Music Festival, 2018

  • Fauré: Nocturne No. 5; Dukas: Piano Sonata Mov. 1 & 4; Bacri: Sonata No. 2; Saint-Saëns: Étude en forme de valse, Donald W. Nixon Centre for Performing and Visual Arts, Newnan, GA, 2018

  • Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 12 in F major, K 332 (300k); Castalani: In sogno; Respighi: 6 Pezzi per pianoforte, P 044; Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36, Monmouth Conservatory, Red Bank, NJ, 2016

  • Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110; Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Tchaikovsky: Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca; Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey", Monmouth Conservatory, Red Bank, NJ, 2015

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CHAMBER PERFORMANCES

 

  • Niccolo Paganini: Le Streghe; Cesar Frank: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue; Albert Markov: Porgy Rhapsody, based on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Psalm of David; Antonio Bazzini: La Ronde Des Lutins (Dance of the Goblins); Davide De Ascaniis, violin & Michael Davidman, piano - Private Fund Raiser, Avery Fisher home, NYC, Presented by the 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates 2024, September 14, 2024

  • Dvorak: Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94 with cello; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ritmo di Tango with Violin, Presented by the 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates 2024, July 23, 2024

  • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Figaro with Violin; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ritmo di Tango with Violin; Dvorak: Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94 with Cello; Helander: US premier of "Freedom Quartet; Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 with Piano and Cello; Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25 with violin and piano Presented by the 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates 2024, July 24, 2024

  • Mendelssohn: String Symphony, No. 10 in B Minor; Turina: Rapsodia Sinfonica with the iPalpiti Orchestra; Williams: Schindler's List theme with violin solo and Orchestra; with Michael Davidman playing harp part on piano, Presented by the 27th iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates 2024, July 27, 2024

  • Ravel: Bolero (Arr. 4 pianos), Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, MO 2022

  • Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, OP. 25; Howells: Sonata for Oboe and Piano; Loeffler: Rhapsodies (2) for Oboe, Viola and Piano, Villa de Fiore, Palm Beach, FL, 2022

  • Franck: Quintet in F minor for Piano and Strings, Summit Music Festival, EF Academy, Thornwood, NY, 2021

  • Franck: Quintet in F minor for Piano and Strings, Dover String Quartet, Indianapolis, IN, Indiana History Center, 2021

  • Amirov: Mugham Poem; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28, Home of Avery Fisher, 2020

  • Chausson: Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in A major, Op. 30, The Juilliard School, 2019

  • Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99, The Juilliard School, 2019

  • Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Two Oboes, Bassoon, and Two Horns, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music Shed, Norfolk, CN, 2019

  • Poulenc: Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn, Op. 100, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music Shed, Norfolk, CN, 2019 ï‚· Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in B flat major, Op. 11, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music Shed, Norfolk, CN, 2019

  • Clara Schumann: Romances (3) for Violin and Piano, Op. 22, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music Shed, Norfolk, CN, 2019

  • Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, M 7, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Music Shed, Norfolk, CN, 2019

  • Bitsch: Quatre Variations sur un Theme de Domenico Scarlatti, Saint-Saëns: Septet for Piano, Trumpet, String Quartet and Double Bass in E flat major, Op. 65, Matthew Gajda, trumpet, Curtis Institute Graduation Recital, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2019

  • Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, M 7, Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 44, Coudert Institute, Villa dei Fiore, Palm Beach, FL, 2019​

  • Poulenc: Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn, Op. 100, Curtis Institute Student Recital Series, Philadelphia, PA, 2018

  • Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, Curtis Institute Student Recital Series, Philadelphia, PA, 2018

  • Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, The Castle, Purchase, NY, 2018

  • Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 2018

  • Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, M 7, Bach: Arioso, from Cantata No. 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe, Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 2018

  • Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 32, Curtis Institute of Music: Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2018

  • Bloch: Schelomo, Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32, Ysaÿe: Caprice d'après l'etude en forme de Valse de Saint-Saëns (Valse-Caprice), Coudert Institute, Villa dei Fiore, Palm Beach, FL, 2018

  • Bach: Arioso, from Cantata No. 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe, Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32, Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, February 2, 2018

  • Chen Yi:  Three Bagatelles from China West, Happy Rain on a Spring Night, Qi, and Sparkle, “Composer Portraits” concert, contemporary music composer Chen Yi as part of “Curtis on Tour”, Miller Theatre, Columbia University School of the Arts, 2017 

  • Schnittke: Quintet for Piano and Strings, Music Academy of the West, Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara, CA, 2017

  • Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major, FP 184, Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt", Curtis Institute of Music: Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2017

  • Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70, Curtis Institute of Music: Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2017

  • Hummel: Adagio, Variations and Rondo in A major, Op. 78 "Schöne Minka", Symphony in C - Virtuosi Series, Haddonfield, NJ, 2017

  • Franck: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, M 7, Kneisel Hall Concert Hall, Blue Hill, ME, 2016

  • Chausson: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G minor, Op. 3, Kneisel Hall Concert Hall, Blue Hill, ME, 2016

  • Sperger: Sonata in B minor, Misek: Sonata for Double Bass and Piano no 2 in E minor, Bottesini: Allegretto capriccio a la Chopin, Curtis Institute of Music: Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2016

  • Bitsch: Concertino for Bassoon and Piano, Milde: Polonaise for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 9, Steinmetz: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2016

  • Thuille: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet in B flat major, Op. 6, Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2016

  • Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 45, Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2015

  • Taneyev: Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 30, The Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, The Castle, Purchase, NY, 2015

  • Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114, The Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 2015

  • Rachmaninov: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, TNii/34 "Trio élégiaque", New York Concerti Sinfonietta, Carnegie Hall at Weill Recital Hall, NY, 2015

  • Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13, Barber: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6, Debussy: Trio for Piano and Strings in G major, Manhattan School of Music, Solomon Gables Mikowsky Hall, NY, 2015

  • Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8, The Waldorf Astoria, Starlight Roof, NY, 2015

  • Dvorak: Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in F minor, Op. 65/B 130, Manhattan School of Music Precollege Chamber Music Competition First Place, Senior Division, Greenfield Hall, NY, 2015​

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  • WQXR McGraw Hill - Young Concert Artists, Music from the 2024 iPalpiti Festival, Los Angeles, CA, September 21, 2024

  • WQXR McGraw Hill - Young Concert Artists, Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins, Davide De Ascaniis, violin, Michael Davidman, piano, September 18, 2024

  • Gina Bachauer 2019 Winners, McGraw-Hill Financials Young Artists Showcase; The Robert Sherman Show (WQXR), Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931); I. Allegro agitato, Granados: Los Requiebros, from Goyescas, Op. 11; Chopin: Etude Op.25, No. 11 "Winter Wind", aired October 2, 2019

  • Wrti 90.1 presented by Curtis Institute, Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1, Chase Park, cello; Michael Davidman, piano, Philadelphia, PA, April 19, 2019

  • From The Top NPR radio, live taping at The Music Academy of the West, Hahn Hall, Santa Barbara, CA; performing Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931), recorded June 15, 2017

  • WHYY “Curtis On Stage” Liszt: “Sonetto 104 del Petrarca,” from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (“Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke”), and Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; Stephen Kim, violin; Michael Davidman, piano, March, 2017

  • Frequent performer on the McGraw-Hill Financials Young Artists Showcase; The Robert Sherman Show (WQXR) performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major with the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Philharmonic Orchestra, (recorded May 16, 2015)

 

LIVE STREAMED PERFORMANCES

 

  • Bach: Toccata in D Major, BWV 912; Franck: Chorale, Prelude and Fugue; Saint-Saens-Liszt Horowitz: Danse Macabre; American Pianists Awards, Premiere Series, 1st adjudicated round, Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, Indianapolis, IN, December 8, 2024

  • Bach: Toccata for Keyboard in D Major, BWV, 912; Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue; Chopin: Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31; Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild: The Muze, Op.34, No. 1; Liszt: Transcription from the Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens for Piano Solo; Telefonica Centenary Series and the Reina Sofia School of Music, Segovia, Spain, November 24, 2024

  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467, Park ICM Orchestra, Valentine’s Week Concert, Tim Hankewich, conductor, Parkville, MO, February 9, 2024

  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, Paris, France, November 13, 2022

  • Bacri: Sonata No. 2; Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58; Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11, Piano Stories on Stage: Emerging Artists, Frances Clark Center, December 18, 2020

  • Bacri: Sonata No. 2; Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58; Bach: Partita for Keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Granados: Goyescas, Op. 11, Greenwich House Music School, Private Recital, Invitation Only, October 24, 2020

  • Granados: Goyescas Op. 11, Los Requiebros; Puccini: Visse d’Arte (aria from 2nd act of Tosca), Chopin: Sonata No. 3, I. Allegro maestoso, Live from the Bench, hosted by the American Pianist’s Awards, Michael Davidman with Sara Davis Buechner, NYC, May 24, 2020

  • Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss’s “Wein, Weib und Gesang” Waltzes; Granados: Los Requiebros, from Goyescas, OP. 11; Puccini: “Visse d’Arte” from Tosca; transcription by Michael Davidman, Greenwich House Music School, December 17, 2019

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