Praised by The New York Times as "spellbinding," violinist Alex Shiozaki regularly premieres new works between performances of more traditional repertoire. Equally at home with music new and old, he has appeared as a soloist on stages from Carnegie Hall to Harvard University's Paine Hall. For several summers, he has been invited to Tanglewood as a New Fromm Player, specializing in contemporary music.
Described by conductor David Effron as “a natural leader,” Alex has led as concertmaster the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, New Juilliard Ensemble, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, and more. He has also performed with Ensemble ACJW, Le Train Bleu Ensemble, and Second Instrumental Unit in NYC, and with the New World Symphony in Miami. In the summer of 2011, Alex joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on their tour to Japan.
As a chamber musician, Alex has been featured on the Wednesdays At One concert series at Alice Tully Hall, in the Focus! Festival at the Juilliard School, and with the Mark Morris Dance Group. His many chamber groups have been coached by Robert Levin, Yehudi Wyner, Norman Fischer, and Andrew Jennings, as well as Nick Eanet, Samuel Rhodes, and Joel Krosnick of the Juilliard String Quartet; Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet; and members of the Chiara, Afiara, and Ying Quartets. He recently appeared in a New York Times multimedia feature, performing Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat under the baton of Alan Gilbert.
Alex frequent collaborates with his fiancée and pianist Nana Shi. The couple made their Carnegie Hall debut in Stern Auditorium with Mendelssohn's Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Orchestra. As a duo, Alex and Nana have given many recitals across the country, performing repertoire from Beethoven to Schoenberg to Satoh. They can be heard often in NYC, concertizing in venues including the Juilliard School, WMP Concert Hall, and the Roerich Museum.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College, where he was awarded the Timothy Faron Memorial Arts Prize and the John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship. He recently received a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where he was a recipient of the C.V. Starr Scholarship and the J.C.C. Scholarship. His former teachers include Lynn Chang and Robin Sharp.
Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School as a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow, Alex continues to refine his musicality under the tutelage of Ronald Copes and Joseph Lin of the Juilliard String Quartet.
Described by conductor David Effron as “a natural leader,” Alex has led as concertmaster the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, New Juilliard Ensemble, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, and more. He has also performed with Ensemble ACJW, Le Train Bleu Ensemble, and Second Instrumental Unit in NYC, and with the New World Symphony in Miami. In the summer of 2011, Alex joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on their tour to Japan.
As a chamber musician, Alex has been featured on the Wednesdays At One concert series at Alice Tully Hall, in the Focus! Festival at the Juilliard School, and with the Mark Morris Dance Group. His many chamber groups have been coached by Robert Levin, Yehudi Wyner, Norman Fischer, and Andrew Jennings, as well as Nick Eanet, Samuel Rhodes, and Joel Krosnick of the Juilliard String Quartet; Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet; and members of the Chiara, Afiara, and Ying Quartets. He recently appeared in a New York Times multimedia feature, performing Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat under the baton of Alan Gilbert.
Alex frequent collaborates with his fiancée and pianist Nana Shi. The couple made their Carnegie Hall debut in Stern Auditorium with Mendelssohn's Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Orchestra. As a duo, Alex and Nana have given many recitals across the country, performing repertoire from Beethoven to Schoenberg to Satoh. They can be heard often in NYC, concertizing in venues including the Juilliard School, WMP Concert Hall, and the Roerich Museum.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College, where he was awarded the Timothy Faron Memorial Arts Prize and the John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship. He recently received a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where he was a recipient of the C.V. Starr Scholarship and the J.C.C. Scholarship. His former teachers include Lynn Chang and Robin Sharp.
Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School as a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow, Alex continues to refine his musicality under the tutelage of Ronald Copes and Joseph Lin of the Juilliard String Quartet.
