Boaz Sharon
Boston University
Piano Faculty
Boaz Sharon, Professor of Piano at Boston University, is an internationally known pianist, recording artist and judge at international piano competitions.
Born in Israel Boaz Sharon studied in Brussels with pianist Stefan Askenase-great interpreter of Chopin and Mozart. He was first prize winner and gold medalist at the Jaen International Piano Competition, Spain. For many years he was the artistic director of the Prague International Piano masterclasses and the Sichuan International Piano Festival in Chengdu, China. His recording on the Nonesuch/Elktra Records was named one of the 11 best recordings of the year by Newsweek Magazine and was featured in a feature article in the New York Times (“Beautifully recorded and played”) and reviewed in the Washington Post (“Boaz Sharon is a pianist of superb technique and keen stylistic style”). Sharon teaches annually on the artist faculty of the University of Illinois Summer International Piano Festival and the Hobson International Piano Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is Honorary Guest Professor at China Conservatory in Beijing.
Recently, Boaz Sharon performed with the Brazil National Symphony in Brasilia and performed with orchestra at the Teatro Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, judged competitions at both Peabody Institute and Northwestern universities, gave recitals in New York City, Seoul, Beijing and Shenyang, masterclasses in Vienna and Budapest and was on the juries of the Olga Kern International Competition in New Mexico and the Liszt International Piano competition in Budapest.
In 2024-5 he will be performing several times with the Brazil Air Force Symphony Orchestra, will give recitals and masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, United Kingdom and will judge the Cesar Franck International Piano Competition in Brussels and the Mozart International Piano Competition in Bangkok.
Over the years he has given hundreds of piano recitals, including performances at the Shanghai, Beijing and Xinghai Concert Halls, Tchaikovsky Conservatory & Gnessin Institute-Moscow, Beethoven Hall in Seoul, Gasteig Hall in Hamburg, the Rudolfinum Hall in Prague, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Vancouver and at the Beijing Central Conservatory. He toured Russia from the Far East to Moscow and performed with the Irkutsk Philharmonic and with the Ural State Orchestra in Yekaterinburg.
His students won top awards at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Rubinstein International Piano Competition and the Liszt International Competition in Budapest. A frequent lecturer, Sharon has given lectures at the Juilliard School, Cambridge, Oxford, Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and Yale Universities and reviewed books for the Yale University Press.