ConradTao
Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
About Conrad
Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine, and an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times.
Conrad's 2024/25 season includes a return to Carnegie Hall in recital performing Debussy's 12 Études, alongside Keyed In, a work arranged and improvised by Tao on the Lumatone. He also returns to the San Francisco Symphony to perform Tchaikovsky with Nicholas Collon, the Dallas Symphony to perform Mozart with Jaap van Zweden, the St Louis Symphony to perform Saint-Saëns with David Danzmayr, and the Baltimore Symphony to perform Mozart with Jonathon Heyward. Further appearances include the Indianapolis Symphony's opening Gala, as well as performances with the Seoul Philharmonic, and NDR Hannover with Ingo Metzmacher. He also continues his collaboration with award-winning dancer Caleb Teicher in a nationwide US tour.
In the 2023/24 season, Conrad made his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and re-united with the New York Philharmonic following summer appearances and his specially curated programme for their Artist Spotlight series. Meanwhile, he celebrated Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary with recitals presented by the Cleveland Orchestra and Klavierfestival Ruhr. The season also saw performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Marin Alsop, and the Boston Symphony and Dima Slobodeniouk, as well as performances celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue at the Philharmonie Berlin, Elbphillharmonie Hamburg, and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Matthias Pintscher and 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.
In recent years, Conrad has been the subject of a special focus with the Finnish Radio Symphony and the Swedish Radio Symphony, both of whom have presented him over multiple concerts. He has also performed with the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under both Orozco-Estrada and Antonio Pappano. As a composer, his work has been performed by orchestras throughout the world; his first large scale orchestral work, Everything Must Go, received its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic and its European premiere with the Antwerp Symphony.
Conrad was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition for his work on More Forever, in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Caleb Teicher. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist.
Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
Season Highlights
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Selected Repertoire
| Adams | Century Rolls |
|---|---|
| Bartok | Piano Concerto No.3 |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 • Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58 • Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73 |
| Bernstein | Age of Anxiety |
| Brahms | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 |
| Chopin | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11 |
| Gershwin | Piano Concerto in F major • Rhapsody in Blue |
| Liszt | Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major |
| Mendelssohn | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.25 |
| Mozart | Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat major, K.271 • Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414 • Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453 • Piano Concerto No.19 in F major, K.459 • Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 • Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467 • Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat major, K.482 • Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 • Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491 • Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503 |
| Norman | Suspend |
| Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No.1, Op10 • Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.16 • Piano Concerto No. 3, Op.26 |
| Rachmaninoff | Étude-tableau in A Minor, No. 2, Op.39 • Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.18 • Piano Concerto No. 3, Op.30 • Piano Concerto No. 4, Op 40 • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 |
| Ravel | Piano Concerto in G major, M.83 |
| Schumann | Piano Concerto, Op.54 |
| Shostakovich | Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op.35 |
| Tao | An Adjustment • Companion piece to Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 • Flung Out (companion piece to Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue) • The Oneiroi in New York • Spoonfuls |
| Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23 |
Sample Programmes
David Lang: cage Bach: Toccata in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 910 Carter: Two Thoughts About the Piano Julia Wolfe: Earring Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 2 David Lang: wed Jason Eckardt: Echoes' White Veil Schumann: Kreisleriana
Debussy: Etudes Book I Tao: Improvisation for Lumatone Arlen/Tatum: Over the Rainbow (trans. Conrad Tao) Tao: Keyed In Schumann: Auf einer Burg (arr. Conrad Tao for Lumatone) Debussy: Etudes Book II
News
Press
Cleveland Orchestra presents Conrad Tao in recital
Severance Music Center, ClevelandMay 2024The extraordinary Conrad Tao expertly curated and stunningly played a program of solo piano music by Sergei Rachmanioff and composers who Tao said were influenced by the great Russian pianist’s music.
- cleveland.com
- 18 May 2024
