Biography
Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors, and recital series. His commanding technique, power, and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike.
Following summer festival appearances in Verbier, Israel, Aspen, Grand Tetons, and Sun Valley, Bronfman’s 2023–24 season began with a European tour celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Munich Opera and Orchestra with concerts in Lucerne, Bucharest, London, Paris, Linz, Vienna, and Munich. He visits Japan and South Korea with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, returns to the New York Philharmonic; Boston, Kansas City, National, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphony orchestras, and Minnesota Orchestras; performs in Spain and at New York’s Carnegie Hall with the Munich Philharmonic; and has European engagements with Budapest Festival Orchestra. An extensive winter / spring recital tour begins in Ljubljana and includes Milan, Berlin, Cleveland, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and La Jolla, culminating at Carnegie Hall in May.
Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, in 2010 he was further honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University and in 2015 with an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.