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Conrad is the kind of musician who is shaping the future of music - New York Magazine


Voyages, pianist/composer Conrad Tao s full-length debut album on EMI Classics (following his 2012 Juilliard Sessions EP) explores themes of change, and the shifting, unpredictable nature of movement in our lives. Says Conrad: whether it be the surreal dream images of Ravel s Gaspard de la Nuit or Conrad s own Vestiges, the restless motion of Meredith Monk s Railroad (Travel Song), or the contrasting moods of Rachmaninov s preludes, the trails and transformations of our lives are not so much about getting from point A to point B, but rather what happens between the two points.

At eighteen years old, Conrad Tao has already accomplished more than most classical musicians do in a lifetime. A world-class pianist, concert level violinist and acclaimed composer (he received the ASCAP Young Composer award eight years in a row), Tao is also a Gilmore Young Artist prizewinner, a U.S. Presidential Scholar and was the only classical musician on Forbes Magazine s 2011 30 Under 30 list.