Gabriel Chodos is an American pianist who has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Israel.

Education

Chodos's principal teacher was Aube Tzerko, a student of Schnabel. He also studied piano with Leonard Shure at the Aspen Music Festival, Josef Dichler in Vienna, and Carlo Zecchi in Salzburg.

Mr. Chodos holds a Master's degree in Music from UCLA and a Diploma in Piano from the Akademie fur Musik and darstellende Kunst in Vienna.

He also studied theory with Leonard Stein, a former assistant of Schoenberg, and holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

 at Los Angeles, being elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Mr. Chodos is a winner of the Concert Artists Guild competition in New York. Mr. Chodos also received a Fulbright Scholarship, Martha Baird Rockefeller grants, and a Solo Recitalist grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

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He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...

, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Holland, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra of the Israel Broadcasting Authority is a major orchestra of Israel...

, and the Aspen Chamber Symphony. Mr. Chodos performed at the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Symphony Hall, and the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

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In recent years Chodos's performances of works by Schubert, Brahms and Chopin have been broadcast nationwide by National Public Radio. He has recorded for Fleur de Son, Victor/Japan, CRI, Orion, and Centaur.

Teaching

Mr. Chodos is a member of the artist faculty of the New England Conservatory in Boston. Chodos was an artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival for many years.

He has given master classes throughout the world, including the Guildhall School of Music in London, the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, the Estonia Music Academy in Tallinn, the Toho Gakuen School of Music

Toho Gakuen School of Music

is a private conservatoire located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.-History:Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan as a music school for children, and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior...

 and the Kunitachi School of Music

Kunitachi College of Music

The is a private music school in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music.It is located at Kashiwa-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo.-Notable alumni:*Masamichi Amano, composer*Ahn Eak-tai, composer and conductor...

in Tokyo.

He is also a frequent guest artist and teacher at the Chautauqua Music Festival and the Rutgers Summerfest.