Célina appeared on Show 404, airing the week of October 18, 2021.

Célina Béthoux (violin), 17, from Shaker Heights, Ohio, began her musical studies at the age of five with Cleveland Orchestra violinist Isabel Trautwein. In the Spring of 2021, she graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music Young Artist Program, where she studied with Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet and Jessica Lee, Assistant Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra. Currently, she is a freshman at the New England Conservatory, on the Presidential Scholarship, under the tutelage of Soovin Kim. Célina made her solo debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony as First Prize winner of the Duquesne National Young Artist Competition. As a member of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, she served as concertmaster several times, and gave solo performances of the Barber Violin Concerto with the orchestra as a winner of the concerto competition. During COYO’s 2019 European tour, she was selected by conductor Vinay Parameswaran to perform the Schubert Octet as first violinist in a cross-cultural exchange with musicians from the Anton Bruckner University of Linz, Austria, coached by Cleveland Orchestra Maestro Franz Welser-Möst. She also has performed as soloist with several local orchestras, including the Cleveland Pops Orchestra conducted by Carl Topilow. Célina has won top prizes in various competitions and was selected as one of five finalists in the 2020 Barbash International J.S. Bach String Competition. In addition, she received merit scholarships to attend the Music@Menlo and Heifetz International Institute music festivals. As a member of the Lumière String Quartet and Arcus Piano Trio, the ensembles have won numerous titles, including first place and grand prize at the 2019 Coltman National Chamber Music Competition (Junior Division) and silver medal at the 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Junior Division).

Orli has joined From the Top as Guest Host on Show 420, Show 422,  Show 404, Show 405, Show 390, Show 389, Show 379, Show 380, and Show 361.

A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety, and brilliance, the pianist Orli Shaham is hailed by critics on four continents. The New York Times called her a “brilliant pianist,” The Chicago Tribune referred to her as “a first-rate Mozartean,” and London’s Guardian said Ms. Shaham’s playing at the Proms was “perfection.”

Orli Shaham has performed with many of the major orchestras around the world, and has appeared in recital internationally, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. She is Artistic Director of Pacific Symphony’s chamber series Café Ludwig in California since 2007 and was Artist in Residence at Vancouver Symphony (USA) in 2022-2024.

Highlights of Ms. Shaham’s 2024-2025 concert season include performances of concertos written for her by David Robertson with Utah Symphony and by Steven Mackey at Tanglewood, and the Beethoven Triple Concerto with her brother, violinist Gil Shaham. Chamber recitals across the country include Dumbarton Oaks, Music at Menlo, La Jolla, and more.

In 2024, Orli Shaham released the final volumes of the complete piano sonatas by Mozart to high critical acclaim. Her discography includes over a dozen titles on Deutsche Gramophone, Sony, Canary Classics and other labels. Orli Shaham is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School and is a Co-Host and Creative for the national radio program From the Top. She is also Artistic Director of the interactive children’s concert series, Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010, and is chair of the Board of Trustees of Kaufman Music Center.

Orli Shaham is a Steinway Artist

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