Gila Goldstein

Pianist Gila Goldstein is known as a versatile musician and has captivated audiences around the world with her unique artistry and soulful interpretations. Goldstein has performed as a solo artist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Korea, the Philippines, Europe, and Israel. Her most notable performances included the Berliner Symphoniker, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orquesta Da Camera in Mexico City as well as recitals and concerts at Lincoln Center and Merkin Hall in New York City, Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Beijing Concert Hall in China, Seoul National University in Korea, South Bank Center in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Musée de Louvre and Cité des Arts in Paris, Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Old First Church in San Francisco, Gardner Museum and Tsai Performing Center in Boston, Dame Myra Hess concert series, Ravinia’s “Rising Stars” Series and Symphony Hall in Chicago, ”Great Performances“ series in St. Louis, Henry Crown Hall in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Museum, among others.

A Board member of the American Liszt Society (ALS) and the Founder-President of its New York Chapter, she has been a frequent guest performer at the ALS annual festivals around the United States and Canada. She also performed at festivals such as High Peaks, Amalfi Coast, La Jolla, Yellow Barn, Sonus, Summit, Colburn, OpusFest, Jewish Music Festivals in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and London and the Israel Festival.

Goldstein has been a sought-after pedagogue and has given numerous master classes in the United States, China, Korea, and Israel. She is a member of the piano faculty at Longy School of Music in Boston and a guest professor of piano at Changzhou University in China. A champion of the music of Israel’s leading composer Paul Ben-Haim, Goldstein has recorded two volumes of his entire piano and chamber works on the Centaur label. In 2024, Centaur also released her recording, Latin American Piano Gems. Her albums received rave reviews in publications all over the world.

Goldstein has been an exponent of Ronn Yedidia’s solo and chamber works for over two decades, including having given the world-premiere to his Grand Etude No. 6 (Sunrise), Grand Etude No. 16 (Spring Impromptu), Grand Waltz No. 16 in Eb minor, and Preludes No. 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14 and 23 from 24 Preludes of Dusk and Dawn.

She obtained her music degrees in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Nina Svetlanova and the Tel-Aviv University’s School of Music, where her teacher was Victor Derevianko. Both her teachers were disciples of the legendary pianist and pedagogue Heinrich Neuhaus.