专辑简介

Originally released in 2003, Josh Wright's "Complete Chopin Etudes" offer exhilarating interpretations that are mature far beyond his years. Since beginning the project at age 15 and completing it a few months thereafter, Josh Wright has gone on to distinguish himself in competitions and concerts across the globe. Josh is now 23-years old, and is a Master of Music graduate in Piano Performance at the University of Utah. Josh is also a private student of world-renowned concert pianist, Sergei Babayan. Josh was the gold medalist at the 2010 Seattle International Piano Competition. He was also the first prize winner of the 2010 American Protége International Competition of Romantic Music (New York, NY), and the second prize winner of the 2011 Music Teachers National Association National Competition (Milwaukee, WI). He recently competed in the International Chopin Piano Competition Preliminaries (Warsaw, Poland), the Gina Bachauer International Artists Competition (Salt Lake City, Utah), and the National Chopin Competition (Miami, Florida). He has won top honors and competed in numerous other competitions including the New York Piano Competition, the Louisiana International Piano Competition, the Julia Crane International Piano Competition, the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition, the Pinault International Recording Competition, the Music Teachers National Association National Competition, The Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition, the National Music Teachers Association Stillman Kelly competition, and the Eastman International Piano Competition.

Josh has appeared nine times with symphony orchestras including: the Utah Symphony, the Salt Lake Symphony, the Summer Arts Orchestra, and the University of Utah Student Chamber Orchestra

Josh has participated in master classes with numerous concert pianists, including Menahem Pressler, Garrick Ohlsson, Sergei Babayan, Nelita True, and Ian Hobson. Josh was also the piano double on the TV show “Everwood.”