Bruce Wolosoff

Who is Bruce Wolosoff?

Bruce Wolosoff, is an American classical composer, pianist, and educator.

Wolosoff was educated at Bard College and the New England Conservatory in Boston. It was at the New England Conservatory that he met jazz composer-pianist Jaki Byard, an artist who was to exert an enormous influence on Wolosoff’s musical development. After graduating from the conservatory, Wolosoff moved back to New York and began his career as a virtuoso pianist and one of the top freelance pianists in New York City in the 1980s. His debut recital was reviewed by distinguished music critic Tim Page, then writing for the NY Times, who wrote that “Mr. Wolosoff is an artist with ideas. He combines keen musical insight with a prismatic sense of tonal color”. He premiered many new works which were written for him, including works by Daron Hagen, Richard Danielpour, and Charlie Banacos. A highly regarded solo piano recording of works by Ferruccio Busoni was released by Music & Arts Records in 1986. Wolosoff organized an 80th birthday tribute to Olivier Messiaen at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in 1988.