Praised by The New York Times for his ‘uncommon sensitivity and feeling’, the eloquent pianist Roman Rabinovich is renowned for his multifaceted musical artistry, earning acclaim as a soloist, curator, and collaborator.
Winner of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2008, Rabinovich made his Carnegie Hall Concerto Debut, on a 24-hour notice with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and has collaborated with esteemed orchestras like the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Meininger Hofkapelle, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, KBS Symphony, Prague Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Seattle Symphony, under the batons of conductors including Sir Roger Norrington, Zubin Mehta, JoAnn Falletta, Kristjan Järvi, and Gerard Schwarz. As a recitalist, he has performed at Washington Performing Arts Society, Vancouver Recital Society, Piano Series at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and Liszt Academy in Budapest and participated in festivals including Marlboro, Lucerne and Prague Spring.
Dubbed ‘a true polymath, in the Renaissance sense of the word’ (Seen & Heard International, 2016), Rabinovich's artistic reach extends beyond the piano. He is a composer and visual artist with a diverse repertoire spanning six centuries. He has won critical acclaim for interpretations of the music of Joseph Haydn, encompassing Haydn’s complete keyboard sonatas at the Lammermuir and Bath Festivals in UK, and curated a three-concert Haydn Day at Wigmore Hall. The first two volumes of his complete Haydn Cycle on First Hand Records have been released to critical acclaim.
Having made his Israel Philharmonic debut under Zubin Mehta at the age of 10, Rabinovich was among the first pianists championed by Sir András Schiff in his series 'Building Bridges'.
Alongside his wife, violinist Diana Cohen, Rabinovich co-directs ChamberFest Cleveland and the newly inaugurated ChamberFest West festival in Calgary.