Media highlights on Randall Goosby being awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant
Randall Goosby with 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant co-recipients: pianist Mackenzie Melemed, saxophonist Steven Banks, percussionist Ji Su Jung, and cellist Jonathan Swensen (Photo credit: Musical America)
This week, media outlets highlighted Randall Goosby receiving a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
BBC Music Magazine: “The violinist Randall Goosby, who made his debut with the Jacksonville Symphony at the age of nine, has performed with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Nashville Symphony and New World Symphony. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he is studying for an Artist Diploma with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho and is a recipient of Sphinx’s Isaac Stern Award.”
The Strad: “Violinist Randall Goosby, 25, exclusively signed to Decca Classics in 2020, releasing his debut album Roots in 2021. He is the winner of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and won first prize at the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In 2019, he was named the inaugural Robey Artist by Young Classical Artists Trust in partnership with Music Masters in London, becoming an ambassador for Music Masters the following year.”
Slipped Disc: “The young American violinist is the standout winner among five soloists chosen annually for career advancement.”
The Violin Channel: “‘I am incredibly honored to have been selected as a recipient of an Avery Fisher Grant," Randall Goosby told The Violin Channel. ‘The Avery Fisher Artist program has played a pivotal role in supporting a lineage of musicians who I feel privileged to be part of. I am grateful and look forward to sharing this incredible art form of classical music with everyone.’ Signed exclusively to Decca Classics in 2020 at the age of 24, Randall Goosby is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is a prize winner at the Sphinx Organization Concerto Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.”
Musical America: “Violinist Randall Goosby, who made his New York recital debut in December, is perhaps the furthest along of the lot. Another Young Concert Artists Award winner (2018), the 26-year-old has an international career represented by top managers in the U.S. and abroad and an exclusive contract with Decca Classics. The winner of the $50,000, 2021 Sphinx Medal for Excellence, he has played with the major orchestras of Los Angeles, London, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, and Baltimore, with recitals in San Francisco and Boston on the calendar.”
To watch the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grants ceremony, click here.