An eloquent communicator both on and off the concert stage, pianist Russell Sherman continues to garner accolades from critics and audiences alike for his grace, imagination and poetry. As the author of the highly acclaimed book Piano Pieces , Russell Sherman has been praised not only as an ingenious virtuoso but also as an interpretive master.

Mr. Sherman has also recorded extensively, including discs of contemporary premieres and commissions and was the first American to record both Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas and the five piano concertos. Sherman has performed with such major orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony. Abroad, Mr. Sherman has played in major cities throughout Europe, Asia and South America. In recital, Russell Sherman has appeared in notable concert series, including Carnegie Hall’s “Keyboard Virtuosos Series,” California’s “Ambassador Foundation Series,” and the “Fleet Boston Celebrity Series.”

Russell Sherman was born and educated in New York, beginning piano studies at age six. By age eleven, Mr. Sherman was studying with Eduard Steuermann, a pupil and friend of Ferruccio Busoni and Arnold Schoenberg. Sherman graduated from Columbia University at age nineteen with a degree in the humanities. He was a visiting professor at Harvard University and is currently a Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at the New England Conservatory. With a brilliant career and creative imagination, Sherman continues to merit the title “a thinking man’s virtuoso.”