Awards
& reviews
Since winning his first competition at age 15, Gregory Taboloff has wowed audiences across the world from Carnegie Hall to Moscow.
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Awards
Some of Taboloff's most distinguished awards.
1987
Brussels, Belgium
Queen Elisabeth Competition
1986
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Music Club Award
1982
Redding, California
Shasta Symphony Young Artist Award
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1986
Moscow, Russia
Tchaikovsky International Competition
1985
New York City, New York
Frinna Awerbach International Competition
1983
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio International Piano Competition
1979
Palm Desert, California
Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition
1975
Fremont, California
Fremont Philharmonic Young Artist
1984
Baltimore, Maryland
Munz Competition (Peabody)
1981
Ventura, California
Ventura Symphony Concerto Competition
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In addition to his myriad awards, Taboloff has supported a wide variety of charitable causes.
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reviews
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“Taboloff’s playing is charged with fresh, bristling spirit… irrepressible energy… poetry, genuine introspection.”
Tim Page / New York Times
“Taboloff plays with all the conviction of a great Russian pianist.”
Sovetskaya Muzyka / Moscow
“…[Taboloff’s] fluency of technique winningly encompassed the virtuoso pieces.”
Robert Commanday / San Francisco Chronicle
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“Taboloff is truly a wunderkind at the keyboard, totally in command and on top of the virtuosic, rhapsodic music."
Dave Roberts / Contra Costa Times
“Taboloff gave an assured, crowd-pleasing performance... he gave each an imaginative account... Taboloff played with a great deal of feeling for the music."
Georgia Rowe / Contra Costa Times
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“...Taboloff's commitment to the emotional soul of the music is unmistakable.”
Ger Erickson / The Press
“...Taboloff handled demands with consummate ease and skill… playfully swapped melodic lines... displaying superb finger work and musicianship in cascading scales, trills and flourishes.”
Robert Collins / Contra Costa Times
“...Taboloff's performance was impressive!”
Richard Pontzious / San Francisco Examiner
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“Bravos greet world premiere… Taboloff unveiled ... his own concerto for piano and orchestra before a wildly enthusiastic audience filling the Hoffman Theatre…”
Harriet Ainsworth /East Bay Times
“ As good as the Beethoven Concerto was, {Taboloff's "The Mystic") made an even greater impression...cast in grand manner. Unlike many contemporary composers, Taboloff is a great melodist. His melodies are memorable, seethe and undulate... you are reminded of the exotic atmosphere of Grieg…but always... the dynamic tension of Rachmaninoff. Let me state in unequivocal terms...forget those abrasive contemporary composers. Give me Taboloff any day.”
Joseph Gold / Piedmont Post