Ory Shihor

Ory Shihor is an Israeli-American pianist, pedagogue, and co-founder of the California based Ory Shihor Institute. Shihor performs, lectures, holds masterclasses and serves on the juries of international piano competitions.

Shihor was the founder of the Colburn Music Academy and served as its dean between 2010 and 2017. He also served as piano professor at the Colburn Conservatory between 2008 and 2019.

Shihor was born in Tel Aviv. Success as a pianist came early for him. At the age of twelve he began receiving scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation and within three years he was studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States.

Early life and education

As a child in Tel Aviv, Shihor studied under Neima Rosh and later with Dr. Emanuel Krasovsky. He was a recipient of America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships from the age of twelve.

Career

Shihor's professional career has included performances at The Kennedy Center, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Dusseldorf's Tonhalle in Germany, 92nd Street "Y" in New York, and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

Shihor was awarded the Gina Bachauer Prize while at the Juilliard School, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and first prize at the Washington International Piano Competition.

As a performing artist, Shihor is noted for being "boldly individualistic" (New York Times) and "not afraid to take risks" (The Washington Post). He is a Bösendorfer and Yamaha artist.

Awards 1986, 1st Prize Winner, Young Concert Artists

Shihor performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas during a series of 8 concerts in Zipper Hall in Los Angeles between 2005 and 2007.

Judge, Wonderkids TV Series, HTV3, Vietnam, 2017