Michael Davidman

American Piano Awards Winner

February 15, 2026 ∙ 2pm

with 1:15 pre-concert forum

Davidman is the grand prize winner of the 2025 American Piano Awards and the prestigious Christel DeHaan Fellowship. He was awarded $25,000 and will also receive over $200,000 in career support, including two years of artist management and public relations services, a media tour, a residency at the University of Indianapolis, a recording contract with the Steinway & Sons label, and numerous performance opportunities both in the United States and abroad.

Following his remarkable performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, Davidman was awarded first place in the competition. As the top prize winner (the 50th winner of the competition since it began 1979), he will also embark on a recital tour during the 2026–27 season, along with concert engagements with the American Piano Award’s partners, including the Phoenix Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and chamber recital with InConcert Sierra.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute and Juilliard, Davidman is currently studying with Stanislav Ioudenitch at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. He is a winner of the Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, the Juilliard Gina Bachauer Competition, and the Ithaca College of Music Piano Competition, and has performed as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicaine, Symphonicity, and the Monterey Symphony.

Program to be announced.

Tickets are $50, youth 18 and under $5
(limited youth tickets - please reserve in advance)
Youth must be seated with a supervising adult.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Rd, Grass Valley


Program:

Canciones Clásicas Españolas for Voice and Guitar (1921)
Obradors

Mallorca for Guitar, Op. 202 (1891)
Albéniz

Three Original Pieces in Spanish Style
Arbós

Siete canciones populares españolas for Voice and Piano (1914)
de Falla

Romanza Andaluza from Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1878)
Sarasate

Tres canciones españolas for Voice and Guitar (1951)
Rodrigo

Trio No. 2 in B minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 76 (1933)
Turina


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