Randall Goosby

Randall Goosby (born July 6, 1996) is an American concert violinist. He is the recipient of the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant and was the first prize winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2018.

Biography Born in San Diego, California, in 1996 to a Korean mother and a Black father, Goosby started learning the violin at the age of 7 and made his debut with the Jacksonville Symphony at the age of 9. At the age of 13, Goosby performed with the New York Philharmonic in a Young People's Concert at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall).

Goosby has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, among other orchestras.

Goosby performs on the 1708 "ex-Strauss" Stradivarius violin on a loan from the Samsung Foundation of Culture of Korea.

Awards and appearances

Recipient of Kovner Fellowship, Juilliard School 2010: First prize winner, Sphinx Concerto Competition 2018: First prize winner, Young Concert Artists International Auditions 2022: Recipient, Avery Fisher Career Grant