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"Sensational... In a world teeming with gifted young pianists, Borrow stands out with a touch that's both light and powerful, and supremely incandescent" - The Cleveland Plain Dealer "He already has everything of a great" - Diapason In January 2019, Tom Borrow was called on to replace renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a series of 12 concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At only 36 hours' notice, he performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G to sensational public and critical acclaim. The chief music critic of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, Yossi Schifmann, hailed his performance as "brilliant... outstanding", ending his review with the words, "Tom Borrow is already a star and we will all surely hear more about him". Following this successful series, Tom was further presented by the IPO in gala concerts held in London and Mexico City and reinvited for a second subscription series. Later that year, International Piano magazine named him their 'One to Watch' and soon afterwards, Gramophone gave him the same accolade ("an exciting young pianist... individuality and elegance"). In December 2021, after his hugely praised US debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Musical America named Tom their 'New Artist of the Month'. Tom has been named a BBC New Generation Artist for 2021-23, a highly prestigious scheme that will see him perform with all the BBC orchestras at Wigmore Hall, and many more, during the two-year tenure, including multiple BBC broadcasts. In July 2021, Tom made his debut at the BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Born in Tel Aviv in 2000, Tom Borrow has performed as soloist with all major orchestras of his native country. He began studying piano aged five with Dr. Michal Tal at the Givatayim Music Conservatory, and currently studies with Prof. Tomer Lev of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Tom has been regularly mentored by Murray Perahia, through the Jerusalem Music Centre's program for outstanding young musicians. He also participated in masterclasses under the instruction of Sir András Schiff, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler, and Tatiana Zelikman, among many others. Tom has won every national piano competition in Israel, including first prize at the Israeli Radio & Jerusalem Symphony Young Artist Competition in Jerusalem, and three first prizes at the "Piano Forever" Competition in Ashdod (in three different age categories). In 2018, he won the prestigious "Maurice M. Clairmont" award, given to a single promising artist once every two years by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Tel-Aviv University. After the Israel Philharmonic success, Tom has been invited by major orchestras around the world - recent and forthcoming engagements include the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Sao Paulo Symphony, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Basque National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and others - and is invited by leading conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Sakari Oramo, Thierry Fischer, Xian Zhang, Robert Trevino, Peter Oundjian and Maxim Emelyanychev. Tom has also toured to Eastern Europe with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, to regular standing ovations, and to South Korea with the Tel Aviv Soloists. Equally in-demand on the chamber music and recital fronts, he is invited to the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Ruhr Piano Festival, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Vancouver Recital Society, Festival Piano Aux Jacobins (Toulouse), Aldeburgh Festival, Cheltenham Festival and Bolzano Concert Society (Italy). WWFM Radio in the US has featured him as an outstanding young talent, and Interlude magazine named him its 'Artist of The Month'. International Piano livestreamed Tom's recital for the Rubinstein Virtual PianoFest, RAI Television livestreamed his concert with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov, and ETB Television (Spain) broadcast a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 with the Basque National Orchestra under Robert Trevino.

In January 2019, Tom Borrow was called on to replace renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a series of 12 concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At only 36 hours' notice, he performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G to sensational public and critical acclaim. Tom was further presented by the IPO in gala concerts in London and Mexico City, and they reinvited him for a second subscription series. Later that year, International Piano magazine named him their 'One To Watch' and soon afterwards, Gramophone gave him the same accolade ("an exciting young pianist... individuality and elegance"). In December 2021, after his hugely-praised US debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Musical America named Tom their 'New Artist Of The Month'. Tom is a BBC New Generation Artist, and in July 2022, Tom made his debut at the BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was presented with the prestigious Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra Award 2023. Across 2024 and '25, he is Artist-In-Residence for the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), across two years including their 70th anniversary season, playing all the Beethoven concertos and more. Born in Tel Aviv in 2000, Tom Borrow has performed as soloist with all major orchestras of his native country. He began studying piano aged five with Dr. Michal Tal at the Givatayim Music Conservatory, and continued with Prof. Tomer Lev of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Tom has been regularly mentored by Murray Perahia, through the Jerusalem Music Centre's program for outstanding young musicians. He also participated in masterclasses under the instruction of Sir András Schiff, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler, and Tatiana Zelikman, among many others. Tom won every national piano competition in Israel, including first prize at the Israeli Radio & Jerusalem Symphony Young Artist Competition in Jerusalem, and three first prizes at the "Piano Forever" Competition in Ashdod (in three different age categories). In 2018, he won the prestigious "Maurice M. Clairmont" award, given to a single promising artist once every two years by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Tel-Aviv University. After the Israel Philharmonic success, Tom has been invited by major orchestras around the world - recent and forthcoming engagements include the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and others - and is invited by leading conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Vasily Petrenko, Christoph Eschenbach, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Thierry Fischer, Stephane Deneve, Xian Zhang, Robert Trevino, Omer Wellber, Masaaki Suzuki and Sir Mark Elder. Tom has also toured to Eastern Europe with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, to regular standing ovations, and to South Korea with the Tel Aviv Soloists. Equally in-demand on the chamber music and recital fronts, he is invited to the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Konzerthaus, Ruhr Piano Festival, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Beethoven Haus Bonn, Vancouver Recital Society, Festival Piano Aux Jacobins (Toulouse), Società del Quartetto di Milano, Aldeburgh Festival and Cheltenham Festival. WWFM Radio in the US have featured him as an outstanding young talent, and Interlude magazine named him their 'Artist Of The Month'. RAI Television livestreamed his concert with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov, Wigmore Hall livestreamed his recital debut, ETB Television (Spain) broadcast a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 with the Basque National Orchestra under Robert Trevino, and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra are livestreaming his Beethoven concerts across his artist residency. In a recent feature, Pianist Magazine wrote of Tom, "Ethereal and enchanting... rapid sensational rise...certainly claiming his place as one of the greats of tomorrow...a poetic player with a mesmerising coiled-spring stillness."

In January 2019, Tom Borrow was called on to replace renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a series of concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At only 36 hours' notice, he won sensational public and critical acclaim. Following this successful series Tom was reinvited by the IPO several times. After a hugely praised US debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Tom was named a BBC New Generation Artist and made his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was presented with the prestigious Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra Award 2023 and also received the Alte Oper Frankfurt's Young Artist Prize. He is Artist-in-Residence for the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) across two years, for their 70th anniversary season, playing all the Beethoven concertos, and was Artist-in-Residence for the Hallé Orchestra. In the 2024/25 season, Tom makes debuts at the Vienna Musikverein's Great Hall, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Società del Quartetto di Milano, De Bijloke Ghent and others, and first collaborations with conductors including Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Masaaki Suzuki and Sir Mark Elder. Returns and reunions include the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (main series), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Recital Society, and conductors such as Fabio Luisi and Roberto Forés Veses. Tom has been invited by major orchestras around the world - other recent and forthcoming engagements include the Baltimore Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Czech Philharmonic, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Danish National Symphony - and by leading conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Sakari Oramo, Stephane Deneve, Xian Zhang, Thierry Fischer and Maxim Emelyanychev. Equally in-demand on the chamber music and recital fronts, recent and upcoming engagements include the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Ruhr Piano Festival, Cal Performances, Vancouver Recital Society and Festival Piano Aux Jacobins. Gramophone and International Piano both named Tom a "One To Watch", Pianist magazine called him "one of the greats of tomorrow", and Interlude magazine named him their Artist Of The Month.

In January 2019, Tom Borrow was called on to replace renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a series of 12 concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At only 36 hours' notice, he performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G to sensational public and critical acclaim. The chief music critic of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, Yossi Schifmann, hailed his performance as "brilliant... outstanding", ending his review with the words, "Tom Borrow is already a star and we will all surely hear more about him". Following this successful series Tom was further presented by the IPO in gala concerts held in London and Mexico City, and reinvited for a second subscription series. Later that year, International Piano magazine named him their 'One To Watch'. Soon afterwards, Gramophone gave him the same accolade ("an exciting young pianist...individuality and elegance"). In December 2021, after his hugely-praised US debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Musical America named Tom their 'New Artist Of The Month'. Tom has been named a BBC New Generation Artist for 2021-23, a highly prestigious scheme that will see him perform with all the BBC orchestras, at Wigmore Hall and many more during the two-year tenure, including multiple BBC broadcasts. Born in Tel Aviv in 2000, Tom Borrow has performed as soloist with all major orchestras of his native country, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Symphony Orchestra. He began studying piano aged five with Dr. Michal Tal at the Givatayim Music Conservatory, and currently studies with Prof. Tomer Lev, Head of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. Tom has been regularly mentored by Murray Perahia, through the Jerusalem Music Centre's program for outstanding young musicians. Tom has won every national piano competition in Israel, including first prize at the Israeli Radio & Jerusalem Symphony Young Artist Competition in Jerusalem, and three first prizes at the "Piano Forever" Competition in Ashdod (in three different age categories). In 2018 Tom won the prestigious "Maurice M. Clairmont" award, given to a single promising artist once every two years by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Tel-Aviv University. After the Israel Philharmonic success, Tom has been invited by major orchestras around the world - recent and forthcoming engagements include the Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 'La Verdi' Orchestra of Milan, Basque National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Ulster Orchestra and others - and is invited by leading conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Sakari Oramo, Thierry Fischer, Xian Zhang, Robert Trevino, Tomas Netopil, Sascha Goetzel, Omer Wellber, Dan Ettinger and Maxim Emelyanchev. Tom has also toured to Eastern Europe with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, to regular standing ovations, and to South Korea with the Tel Aviv Soloists. Equally in-demand on the chamber music and recital fronts, recent and forthcoming engagements include the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Vancouver Recital Society, James Ehnes's Seattle Chamber Music Society, Festival Piano Aux Jacobins (Toulouse), Aldeburgh Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Tsinandali Festival (Georgia), Bolzano Concert Society (Italy) and Bellerive Festival (Geneva). Throughout the many masterclasses Tom has participated in, he had the privilege of working under the instruction of such prominent artists and pedagogues as Sir András Schiff, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler, and Tatiana Zelikman, among many others. As well as the International Piano, Gramophone and Musical America recognition, WWFM Radio in the US recently featured him as an outstanding young talent, with the much-respected presenter Jed Distler commenting, "Tom Borrow is an immensely talented young pianist...keep your eye on this really, really talented youngster - he is special". International Piano livestreamed Tom's recital for the Rubinstein Virtual PianoFest, RAI Television livestreamed his concert with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov, Spanish Television broadcast a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 with the Basque National Orchestra under Robert Trevino. Tom's first album is due out soon from Hanssler Classic.