Judith Gordon
Pianist Judith Gordon gave her New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 'Introductions' series. She has been heard as soloist with the Boston Pops, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Civic Symphony of Boston, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Since 1998, Gordon has played often on the FleetBoston Celebrity Series, including a recital in the Emerging Artists Series, a performance of Beethoven's 'Appassionata' sonata in What Makes It Great? with Robert Kapilow, and in January 2001, a program on their Boston Marquee series, Judith Gordon & Friends. This concert included the Boston premiere of John Harbison's Gatsby Etudes, the world premieres of new songs by Martin Brody, Alan Fletcher, David Horne, Lee Hyla, and works by Brahms and Ravel. In 2000-01, Gordon participated in chamber music festivals at Charlottesville, Aspen, Santa Fe, Rockport (MA), and Token Creek (WI). Among Gordon's colleagues in recital and chamber music are violinists Rose Mary Harbison and Andrew Kohji Taylor; violists James Dunham, Cynthia Phelps, and Marcus Thompson; cellists Andrés Díaz, Yo-Yo Ma, and Rhonda Rider; vocalists Lisa Saffer, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, William Hite and James Maddalena; oboist Douglas Boyd; the Borromeo and Lydian String Quartets; and many members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Judith Gordon was named Musician of the Year by the Boston Globe in their 'Best of 1996 Classical.'