Kimball Gallagher

Piano

Kimball Gallagher's "dramatic and poetic piano playing rings deep and
true" in the words of David Dubal, author of The Art of the Piano.
Praised by the New York Times for a performances at Tanglewood which
" deftly balanced the influences of the Chinese folk song and Western
modernity in Bright Sheng's 'My Song.'"(August 18, 2004) Mr. Gallagher
has received top prizes at the Corpus Christi International Piano
Competition and at the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club competition
and was a finalist in the Washington International Competition. In
2001, Mr. Gallagher performed Bartok's 3rd Piano Concerto with the
Shepherd School Symphony in Houston. In New York City, Mr. Gallagher
has appeared in Alice Tully Hall, Paul Hall, and Morse Hall at the
Juilliard School, as well as the Kosciusko Foundation and Faust
Harrison Pianos. He has also played in Killian Hall at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Boston Conservatory's
Seully Hall.

In addition to performing in such conventional venues, Mr. Gallagher
has played numerous concerts in private homes throughout the United
States in emulation of the salons of the romantic era, including trips
to California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. He is
developing a nationwide organization of homes that will host home
salon concerts.

Gallagher has performed in Poland, Prague, and Lisbon, and has gone on
an ethnomusicalogical expedition in Panama. He recently purchased his
first piano by dividing its cost by 88 and asking for donations on a
key-by-key basis. He recently helped organize the first and second
" Concerto Takes Manhattan" piano concerto marathon at Faust Harrison
Pianos in New York City. The series will be appearing in the next
year at, the Yamaha piano salon, and the Staller Center for the Arts.

Mr. Gallagher maintains a studio of private piano students in New York
City and is the co-founder of Vista Music, an organization dedicated
to expanding the awareness and appreciation of music as a performing
art for young pianists through lessons, performances, and classes. He
composes music in popular and classical genres for piano, guitar, and
ensembles.

A Massachusetts native, Mr. Gallagher has played an annual recital in
Boston for the past 10 years and an annual recital in Houston for the
past five.

Mr. Gallagher has studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Joseph Smith, Robert
McDonald, Jeanne Kierman Fischer, and Jonathan Bass. Mr. Gallagher is
a graduate of Rice University and the Juilliard School. He resides in
New York City. For more information please go to:
www.kimballgallagher.com or www.pianokey.net for home concert
information.