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Talgam won the 11th [[International Piano Competition of Orléans|Concours International de Piano d’Orléans]], in which he received 1st prize, as well as the [[Edison Denisov|Denisov]] prize and the [[Claude Helffer]] prize.<ref name=”:0″ /> In 2017, he was also awarded the [[Yvar Mikhashoff]] Foundation prize together with Yair Klartag for their collaboration. Since then, he has toured internationally, playing with ensembles including the [[Ensemble Modern]], the Israeli Contemporary players, Novus, Talea, [[Ensemble intercontemporain|Ensemble Intercontemporain]], [[Ensemble Modern]], the Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, the Croatian Radio-Television Orchestra, and the [[Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion|Israeli Symphony Orchestra]], and the Metropolis Ensemble. He has worked with composers like [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Helmut Lachenmann]], [[Enno Poppe]], [[Unsuk Chin]], [[Matthias Pintscher|Matthais Pintscher]], and [[Péter Eötvös]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imri Talgam – Artist Biography {{!}} tonebase Piano |url=https://www.tonebase.co/piano-artist-biographies/imritalgam |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=tonebase |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Imri Talgam {{!}} The Greenwich Village Orchestra |url=https://www.gvo.org/bio/imri-talgam/ |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=www.gvo.org}}</ref>

Talgam won the 11th [[International Piano Competition of Orléans|Concours International de Piano d’Orléans]], in which he received 1st prize, as well as the [[Edison Denisov|Denisov]] prize and the [[Claude Helffer]] prize.<ref name=”:0″ /> In 2017, he was also awarded the [[Yvar Mikhashoff]] Foundation prize together with Yair Klartag for their collaboration. Since then, he has toured internationally, playing with ensembles including the [[Ensemble Modern]], the Israeli Contemporary players, Novus, Talea, [[Ensemble intercontemporain|Ensemble Intercontemporain]], [[Ensemble Modern]], the Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, the Croatian Radio-Television Orchestra, and the [[Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion|Israeli Symphony Orchestra]], and the Metropolis Ensemble. He has worked with composers like [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Helmut Lachenmann]], [[Enno Poppe]], [[Unsuk Chin]], [[Matthias Pintscher|Matthais Pintscher]], and [[Péter Eötvös]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imri Talgam – Artist Biography {{!}} tonebase Piano |url=https://www.tonebase.co/piano-artist-biographies/imritalgam |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=tonebase |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Imri Talgam {{!}} The Greenwich Village Orchestra |url=https://www.gvo.org/bio/imri-talgam/ |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=www.gvo.org}}</ref>

His debut album featured work by [[Conlon Nancarrow|Nancarrow]], [[Mauricio Kagel|Kagel]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] and [[Beat Furrer|Furrer]]. It was praised for it’s “virtuosity and refined touch” by the prestigious [[Diapason (magazine)|Diapason Magazine]] and as well as in [[Classica (magazine)|Classica Magazine]] in [[France]]. He is best known for creating transcription of Nancarrow’s [[Studies for Player Piano (Nancarrow)|”Studies for Player Piano”]], which are meant to be for the player piano, and not a human pianist. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]’s [[Goldberg Variations]], [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen]]’s [[Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus|Vingt Regards]] [[Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus|su l’enfant-Jésus]], [[Frederic Rzewski]]’s [[The People United Will Never Be Defeated!|The People United Will Never be Defeated]], and [[György Ligeti|Ligeti]]’s [[Études (Ligeti)|Études]] are also in his repertoire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ligeti At the Limits of Human Performance, Taught By Imri Talgam {{!}} tonebase Piano |url=https://www.tonebase.co/piano/courses/imri-talgam-on-ligeti-at-the-limits-of-human-performance |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=tonebase |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-17 |title=Imri Talgam remporte le 11e concours international de piano d’Orléans |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/imri-talgam-remporte-le-11e-concours-international-de-piano-d-orleans-6617350 |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=France Musique |language=fr}}</ref> As a composer, his work combines [[Granular synthesis|microsound]] and [[Surround sound|sound spatialization]] techniques with [[algorithmic composition]] and [[Automatic programming|generative strategies]].

His debut album featured work by [[Conlon Nancarrow|Nancarrow]], [[Mauricio Kagel|Kagel]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] and [[Beat Furrer|Furrer]]. It was praised for it’s “virtuosity and refined touch” by the prestigious [[Diapason (magazine)|Diapason Magazine]] and as well as in [[Classica (magazine)|Classica Magazine]] in [[France]]. He is best known for creating transcription of Nancarrow’s [[Studies for Player Piano (Nancarrow)|”Studies for Player Piano”]], which are meant to be for the player piano, and not a human pianist. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]’s [[Goldberg Variations]], [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen]]’s [[Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus|Vingt Regards su l’enfant-Jésus]], [[Frederic Rzewski]]’s [[The People United Will Never Be Defeated!|The People United Will Never be Defeated]], and [[György Ligeti|Ligeti]]’s [[Études (Ligeti)|Études]] are also in his repertoire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ligeti At the Limits of Human Performance, Taught By Imri Talgam {{!}} tonebase Piano |url=https://www.tonebase.co/piano/courses/imri-talgam-on-ligeti-at-the-limits-of-human-performance |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=tonebase |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-17 |title=Imri Talgam remporte le 11e concours international de piano d’Orléans |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/imri-talgam-remporte-le-11e-concours-international-de-piano-d-orleans-6617350 |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=France Musique |language=fr}}</ref> As a composer, his work combines [[Granular synthesis|microsound]] and [[Surround sound|sound spatialization]] techniques with [[algorithmic composition]] and [[Automatic programming|generative strategies]].

== University positions ==

== University positions ==


Latest revision as of 04:03, 14 January 2026

Imri Talgam (born November 30th, 1987 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an American classical concert pianist, composer, and musicologist based in the Netherlands.[1][2]

Talgam playing work by Stockhausen and Nancarrow on France Info Radio

Talgam studied piano in the class of Emanuel Krasovsky at the Tel-Aviv University, before studying with Matti Raekallio at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. Other teachers have included Ueli Wiget and Arnon Erez. After receiving his master’s degree under Raekallio and Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, he attended the CUNY Graduate Center with Ursula Oppens, receiving his doctorate, empathizing the perception and performance of rhythmic complexity, which was advised by Joseph Straus. He additionally attended the Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt,[3] and Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music, studying with Red Wierenga and Douglas Geers.[4]

Talgam’s father is Israeli conductor Itay Talgam, a student of Leonard Bernstein.[5]

Talgam won the 11th Concours International de Piano d’Orléans, in which he received 1st prize, as well as the Denisov prize and the Claude Helffer prize.[1] In 2017, he was also awarded the Yvar Mikhashoff Foundation prize together with Yair Klartag for their collaboration. Since then, he has toured internationally, playing with ensembles including the Ensemble Modern, the Israeli Contemporary players, Novus, Talea, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, the Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, the Croatian Radio-Television Orchestra, and the Israeli Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolis Ensemble. He has worked with composers like Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Enno Poppe, Unsuk Chin, Matthais Pintscher, and Péter Eötvös.[6][7]

His debut album featured work by Nancarrow, Kagel, Stockhausen and Furrer. It was praised for it’s “virtuosity and refined touch” by the prestigious Diapason Magazine and as well as in Classica Magazine in France. He is best known for creating transcription of Nancarrow’s Studies for Player Piano, which are meant to be for the player piano, and not a human pianist. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Messiaen’s Vingt Regards su l’enfant-Jésus, Frederic Rzewski‘s The People United Will Never be Defeated, and Ligeti‘s Études are also in his repertoire.[8][9] As a composer, his work combines microsound and sound spatialization techniques with algorithmic composition and generative strategies.

University positions

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He has held masterclasses and visiting positions at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, Royaumont’s Voix Nouvelles, Tel-Aviv University, University of Georgia Athens, and the Tomsk conservatory in Russia. He has worked as a researcher at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.

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