Musicians

Bella Davidovich - piano

A testimonial to Bella Davidovich's extraordinary career is the list of the world's leading orchestras and conductors that have welcomed her over the years as soloist. Among the prestigious concerts she has played are engagements with the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony. In Europe, she has been partnered by Kirill Kondrashin, Kurt Masur, Kurt Sanderling and Rudolf Barshai, among others. International stages have welcomed Mme. Davidovich's solo concerts, and she has collaborated with the Borodin, Quarneri and Tokyo String Quartets. She has also served on the juries of the Queen Elisabeth and Chopin International Piano Competitions. In December, 1988, Davidovich's native Russia reclaimed her in the spirit of perestroika: She became the first Soviet emigrant musician to receive an official invitation from Goskoncert to return for concerts, which were all sold out. Born into a family of musicians in Baku in the former Soviet Union, Bella Davidovich displayed rich musical talent by the age of 3 and began formal training at the age of 6. She was 18 years old when she entered the Moscow Conservatory, where she emerged as one of the Soviet Union's preeminent artists. Since her arrival in the United States in 1978, Mme. Davidovich has established herself as one of the nation's premier keyboard artists. Mmd. Davidovich has been teaching at The Juilliard School since 1985.