A virtuoso with a warm, elegant style and a wide-ranging repertoire, pianist David Jalbert has established himself among the elite of a new generation of classical musicians: “Jalbert’s piano playing is remarkable for its sweep, confidence, sensitivity, power and color, what more can we ask?” (Fanfare). Named by the CBC among the 15 best Canadian pianists of all time, Mr. Jalbert performs regularly as a soloist and recitalist around the world.
His solo recordings—of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, the Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, of American and French piano music—have all garnered international praise in venues ranging from Gramophone to France-Culture. As a soloist, he has performed with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Skitch Henderson, Bramwell Tovey, and others; an accomplished chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists such as Nicola Benedetti, Rachel Barton Pine, Bomsori, and Jean-Philippe Collard and is a member of Triple Forte (along with violinist Jasper Wood and cellist Denise Djokic).
A national and international prize-winner, David Jalbert has won six Opus Awards, was nominated five times at the Juno Awards, and was the 2007 laureate of the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize of the Canada Council for the Arts. He holds degrees from the Juilliard School, the Glenn Gould School, Université de Montréal, and Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Rimouski and is now a Professor of Piano at the University of Ottawa.
