Gila Goldstein

Gila Goldstein

Israeli-born acclaimed pianist Gila Goldstein is an alumna of the Tel-Aviv University’s Rubin Academy of Music (currently Buchmann-Mehta School of Music) where she studied with Prof. Victor Derevianko as well as an alumna of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she studied with the late Prof. Nina Svetlanova. She graduated both schools with distinction. Gila Goldstein has been one of the most active Israeli performers and teachers in the USA.
Gila Goldstein’s International career has taken her to perform in recitals, in festivals and with orchestras all over the world to include throughout the USA (most notably in New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, St. Louis, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco), in Canada, Mexico (Bellas Artes), Israel, (to include Jerusalem Symphony and Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion), China (to include Beijing concert Hall), Korea (Seoul National University) and the Philippines (Philippines Philharmonic) as well as several times in Germany (to include Berliner Symphoniker), London (Southbank Center), Paris (Louvre Museum) and Lugano (Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano in 2008 by the invitation of the renown artist). She performed at festivals such as Amalfi Coast, High Peaks, Rebbeca Penneys Piano Festival, Summit, Colburn, Sonus, Jewish music festivals in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and London and the Israel Festival.
Gila Goldstein has recorded the piano works and three chamber works of Israeli leading composer the late Paul Ben-Haim in two volumes on the Centaur record label. She has been a champion of the composer’s works as a performer, lecturer and recording artist. In July 2024 Centaur released her album "Latin American Piano Gems" and in February 2005 Albany records (under Parma Recordings) released her album "24 Preludes of Dusk and Dawn" by Ronn Yedidia. Her albums received rave reviews in the USA, Germany, United Kingdom and Argentina, and were airplayed on many radio stations around the globe.
Recently, Pianist Magazine in London wrote "There is something extrovery and unabashedly emotional in Gila Goldstein's delivery of these gorgeous Latin American miniatures, and it results in a disc of gloriously dramatic highs mixed with sultry langurous sighs....". The Canadian review publication Textura wrote about her latest album, "24 Preludes of Dusk and Dawn": "Gila Goldstein's performances are engaged, enthusiastic and emotionally resonant, and in each of the twenty-four cases she pinpoints its essence and gives articualte voice to it".
Gila’s academic career was added to her performing career in 2007. She is currently a member of the piano faculty at Longy School of Music in Boston. Her previous teaching positions included Boston University School of Music, Boston University Tanglewood Institute and New York University. She has been a sought after pedagogue for two decades and has been a regular guest for master classes in the USA and China, and at national and international piano competitions in the USA and Asia.
Gila is a board member of the American Liszt Society and the Founder-President of its New York Chapter since 1992.
She won AICF scholarships between 1978-1980 and 1983-1987.