Ory Shihor

As a child in Tel Aviv, Shihor studied under Neima Rosh and later with Dr. Emanuel Krasovsky. He was a recipient of America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships from the age of twelve. At fifteen, he came to the United States to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under the pianist Jorge Bolet. Shihor graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City with a Bachelor of Music after studying under pianist and pedagogue Russell Sherman.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/arts/debuts-flutist-chooses-program-of-rarities.html|title=Debutes|date=1 May 1988|work=The New York Times}}

Shihor's professional career has included performances at The Kennedy Center, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Dusseldorf's Tonhalle in Germany, 92nd Street "Y" in New York, and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/11/21/classical-music/fd99c704-0c49-40dc-aecb-2a15225d2346/ | title=The Washington Post: Classical Music | date=2000}}{{cite web|url=http://thewallis.org/shihor | title=Beethovan's Most Beloved Sonatas | date=2020}}

Shihor was awarded the Gina Bachauer Prize while at the Juilliard School, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and first prize at the Washington International Piano Competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.yca.org/roster/alumni/ | title=Young Concert Artists Alumni | date=2020}}{{cite web|url=https://arims.org.il/laureate/ory-shihor/ | title=Arthur Rubinstein: Ory Shihor | date=1998}}

Shihor joined the faculty of the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles in 2009 and served as professor of piano until 2019, while there, he founded the Colburn Music Academy for young artists and served as its dean from 2010 until 2017.

Shihor regularly serves as juror at many international competitions, including the James Mottram International Piano Competition (UK), the Arthur Rubinstein Junior Piano Competition (China), the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the Young Artist Piano Competition at Emory University (USA). In 2017 he was invited to join the judging panel of the TV series "Wonderkids," which was filmed in Ho Chi Minh City and aired on Vietnam's HTV3.{{cite web|url=http://starbox.vn/co-be-9-tuoi-tung-bi-tram-cam-dang-quang-than-dong-am-nhac-mua-dau-tien.html | title=Music Prodigy | date=2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/hawaii/article/Aloha-International-Piano-Festival-Features-Debut-Of-Ory-Shihor-20180507 | title=Aloha International Piano Festival | date=7 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://arts.emory.edu/documents/concert-programs/2018-19/1_26_19%20Piano%20Competition%20Final%20Round_Final.pdf | title=Young Artist Piano Comp. | date=2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rncm.ac.uk/uploads/jmipc_2012.pdf | title=RNCM James Mottram International Piano Comp. | date=2012}}{{cite web|url=https://vietdaily.vn/truyen-hinh/tieu-thu-duong-cam-van-anh-dang-quang-wonderkids-than-dong-am-nhac-2017.html | title=Wonderkids | date=2017}}

As a performing artist, Shihor is noted for being "boldly individualistic" (New York Times) and "not afraid to take risks" (The Washington Post).{{cite web|url=https://musicusa.us/en/ | title=IMAE Music Festival | date=2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lfjcc.org/common/pdf/PerformingArtsSeries/PASLLCurrentSeason1112.pdf | title=Performing Arts Center | date=2012}}{{cite web|url=https://footlights.click/2017/05/04/the-wallis-announces-201718-season/ | title=Last Thoughts: Schubert's Final Works | date=2018}} He is a Bösendorfer and Yamaha artist.{{cite web|url=https://keyboardconcepts.com/ | title=Ory Shihor, Bösendorfer & Yamaha Artist, In Concert | date=2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boesendorfer.com/en/artists/ory-shihor | title=Ory Shihor | date=2020}}

• 1986, 1st Prize Winner, Young Concert Artists
• 1988, 1st Prize Winner, Gina Bachauer Prize, Juilliard
• 1998, Prize Winner, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
• 1999, 1st prize, Washington International Piano Competition

In 1993, Shihor toured as soloist with the Liege Philharmonique of Belgium for their 15-city North American tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/03/nyregion/when-the-baton-drops-get-ready-for-world-premieres-and-old-favorites.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | title=Liege Philharmonic of Belgium | date=1993}}

Shihor performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas during a series of 8 concerts in Zipper Hall in Los Angeles between 2005 and 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3N58G9DRaA | title=Beethoven Sonata No.17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 'Tempest' | date=2008}}{{cite web|url=https://www.performingartslive.com/Events/Faculty-Recital-Ory-Shihor-piano-113201113384 | title=Faculty Recital: Ory Shihor, Piano | date=2012}}

Judge, Wonderkids TV Series, HTV3, Vietnam, 2017 {{cite web|url=http://tuanbaovannghetphcm.vn/giao-luu-voi-hai-nghe-si-piano-quoc-te-ory-shihor-bich-tra/ | title=Meeting with Two International Pianists | date=2017}}

Shihor's concert-drama 'Last Thoughts: Schubert's Final Works', written by Hershey Felder, premiered in 2018 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.{{cite web|url=https://allevents.in/beverly%20hills/last-thoughts-schuberts-final-works-ory-shihor-piano/1686553284750277 | title=Last Thoughts: Schubert's Final Works | date=2018}}

Shihor's 'Beethoven's Most Beloved Sonatas,' will premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in April 2020.{{cite web|url=https://beverlypress.com/2019/05/57576/ | title=High-flying season planned for the Wallis | date=2020}}

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