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

Mr. 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.  During the summer of 2007, he performed Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with the Orchestre National de Lyon on tour in Japan, and during the 2007-2008 season appears with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège.  He has also made solo appearances with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Danish National Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

During the 2007-2008 season, Mr. Neuburger gave his debut recital at Suntory Hall in Tokyo and was featured for a second time in the Young Concert Artists Series in New York and Washington, D.C., appearing with the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet.  He has also given recitals at prestigious festivals including Auvers sur Oise, Radio-France-Montpellier, the Roque d’Anthéron Piano Festival, Chopin Festival at Duznicki and les Folles Journées de Nantes, among many others. He has also given recitals at the Auditorium du Louvre, Auditorium du Musée d’Orsay, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, the Chopin Festival in Duznicki, Poland, and the Chopin-Gesellschaft in Darmstadt, Germany.

Mr. 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, DC at the Kennedy Center, both of which were enthusiastically received.  Mr. Neuburger had previously won First Prize in the 2005 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Paris.

Mr. Neuburger’s impressive list of awards includes First Prize at the 2002 Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists; Second Prize and the Beethoven Prize at the 2004 International José Iturbi Competition in Valencia, Spain; Third Grand Prix, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Prize, the Audience Favorite Prize and the Sacem Prize at the 2004 Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris; and Second Prize at the 2005 London International Piano Competition.

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.  Mr. Neuburger currently works with Reiko Hozu and Vladimir Krainev.

Mr. 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.

*pronounced Nu-bour-jhay

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