International Pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger to Perform at Doane College

The Washington Post described the 20-year-old French pianist as a "brilliantly polished, profoundly gifted young pianist" following his debut recital in the Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center. 

Neuburger has already performed extensively as soloist with orchestra.  Recently, he made two important orchestral debuts: the first in Shanghai with the Shanghai Philharmonic in Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the second in Tokyo with the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, under the direction of Lorin Maazel.  In May 2007 he appeared with Yoel Levi and the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France in Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 for the re-opening of Paris's Salle Pleyel.  

Neuburger won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, where he was also awarded the John Browning Memorial Prize and the Rhoda Walker Teagle Prize, which in December 2006 sponsored his New York debut at Carnegie's Zankel Hall and his debut recital in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center. Neuburger had previously won First Prize in the 2005 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Paris. 

Born in 1986, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger began studying piano with Claude Maillols at the Académie Maurice Ravel at the age of nine, and also developed an interest in the organ and composition, which he studied with Emile Naoumoff and Jean-François Zygel. He entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2000, where he received highest honors in piano, accompaniment, and chamber music in the classes of Jean-François Heisser, Jean Koerner, Itamar Golan, Christian Ivaldi and Marie-Françoise Bucquet.  Neuburger currently works with Reiko Hozu and Vladimir Krainev. 

Neuburger recently released a CD of music by Czerny and Liszt on the Mirare label.  He also has two CDs available on the DiscAuvers label: the complete Chopin Etudes, released in 2003, and another recording of Chopin works released in 2006.