Yakov Kasman is a Russia

Russia

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n classical pianist

Piano

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, professor of piano, and artist-in-residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Since his American debut as the silver medalist at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

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 in 1997, Yakov Kasman has performed concerts in the United States, Russia, and Asia, and appeared as a soloist with more than fifty orchestras.

Kasman became an American citizen

Citizenship

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in 2006.

Career

He has performed piano concertos and recitals at numerous summer festivals including Brevard, the Peninsula, Las Vegas, Lake Placid, Sewanee and the Grand Teton winter festival. Active as a chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Manhattan, Parissi, Charleston, Shanghai, Tokyo and Talich String Quartets. He regularly gives master classes and serves as competition juror.

Reference Orchestras

Kasman and appeared as soloist with more than fifty orchestras. The list includes:

• the Pacific, Syracuse, Omaha, Oregon, Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Ft. Worth, Alabama, Huntsville and Montgomery Symphonies
• the Athens - Greece State Orchestra
• the Orchestra de Lille in France
• the Orquestra Simfonica de Baleares, Spain
• the Singapore Symphony
• the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan
• the Daejeon Philharmonic in Korea
• the Moscow Philharmonia Orchestra
• the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
• the Alabama Symphony Orchestra