Virtuosic Young Clarinetist
Virtuosic Young Clarinetist
15-year-old clarinetist Joshua Choi shows us why Saint-Saëns wrote this Clarinet Sonata to feature the virtuosity of the clarinet, a then rarely-performed instrument.
Joshua Choi
clarinet
Palisades Park, New Jersey
Joshua performed on Show 379 in Portland, Maine on November 20, 2019.
Joshua Choi (clarinet), 15, lives in Palisades Park, New Jersey and attends Palisades Park High School. He is a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. He studies clarinet with Ayako Oshima at The Juilliard School Precollege Division. He is also the youngest principal player in the New York Youth Symphony. Joshua also loves playing the bass guitar and listening to music of all kinds. He is also very excited to travel and discover new areas of the world and experience different cultures and food.
Orli Shaham
co-host/creative, piano
New York, New York
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.
Concert Pianist Orli Shaham is a regular guest host on From the Top and has an impressive international reputation as one of today’s most gifted pianists. The New York Times called her a “brilliant pianist”, and she is admired worldwide for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire.
Orli Shaham released Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the complete Mozart Sonatas on Canary Classics to rave reviews around the world: “overwhelmingly stunning” (Piano Dao), “altogether exceptional” (World Music Report) and “An absolute must for any of Mozart’s fans” (Midwest Record Review). Volumes 4, 5 and 6 are released in 2023. Her Mozart recording project also includes a concertos album with St. Louis Symphony, proclaimed “outstanding” by International Piano.
In addition to performing concertos and recitals around the world, she is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School. In 2022 Ms. Shaham served on the jury for Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Honens International Piano Competition. She is host of Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, a live interactive concert series and interactive video series for young children designed to develop listening skills, which she founded in 2010.
Ms. Shaham is one of From the Top’s Co-Hosts and Creatives, and has hosted episodes since 2018.
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